Issue 11324: CORBA/e and get_interface                                                                                                                                                                               (corba-e-ftf)
Source: Remedy IT (Mr. Johnny Willemsen, jwillemsen@remedy.nl)
Nature: Uncategorized Issue
Severity: 
Summary: A question, when I look at the CORBA/e compact info it says: no DII, DSI,
Interface Repository, or Component support.


But, when looking at the spec, CORBA::Object does deliver get_interface,
which is documented as below. Why does CORBA/e state that we don't support
the interface repository, but we do deliver an operation for it?

Resolution: close
Revised Text: 
Actions taken:
August 31, 2007: received issue
Discussion: 
See issue 11306 for disposition
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From: "Victor Giddings" <victor.giddings@mail.ois.com>
To: "'Johnny Willemsen'" <jwillemsen@remedy.nl>
Cc: "'Juergen Boldt'" <juergen@omg.org>
Subject: RE: CORBA/e and get_interface
Date: Fri, 31 Aug 2007 14:04:53 -0400
Organization: Objective Interface Systems
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Johnny,  


This is a legitmate issue that we should deal with in the FTF. The 2 obvious
answers would seem to be 1) eliminate it from the spec, or 2) specify that it
will always raise INTF_REPOS with minor code 1. I'd probably vote for #1 (to
reduce footprint).


Victor Giddings         mailto:victor.giddings@mail.ois.com
Senior Scientist  +1 703 295 6520
Objective Interface Systems     Fax: +1 703 295 6501 



-----Original Message-----
From: Johnny Willemsen [mailto:jwillemsen@remedy.nl] 
Sent: Tuesday, August 21, 2007 7:20 AM
To: victor.giddings@mail.ois.com
Subject: CORBA/e and get_interface


Hi Victor,


A question, when I look at the CORBA/e compact info it says: no DII, DSI,
Interface Repository, or Component support.


But, when looking at the spec, CORBA::Object does deliver get_interface,
which is documented as below. Why does CORBA/e state that we don't support
the interface repository, but we do deliver an operation for it?


Johnny Willemsen


get_interface, returns an object in the Interface Repository that describes
the most
derived type of the object addressed by the reference. See the Interface
Repository
chapter for a definition of operations on the Interface Repository. The
implementation
of this operation may involve contacting the ORB that implements the target
object.
If the interface repository is not available, get_interface raises
INTF_REPOS with
standard minor code 1. If the interface repository does not contain an entry
for the
object's (most derived) interface, get_interface raises INTF_REPOS with
standard
minor code 2.



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