Issue 16887: Relationship connector and components/homes not clearly specified (corba-rtf)
Source: Remedy IT (Mr. Martin Corino, mcorino(at)remedy.nl)
Nature: Clarification
Severity: Significant
Summary: The spec does not clearly describe the relationship between connectors and components (inheritance?) and homes (manageability).


>From paragraph 7.4 (programming model for connectors) we can conclude the following:
1. connectors are derived from CCMObject
2. connectors (can) have a (keyless) Home


The formal spec in the earlier paragraphs of chapter however does not seem to mention any of this or of the consequences like:
a) can we explicitly define a connector as the managed component of a Home?
b) can we define explicit factories for connectors in a Home managing that connector?
c) can we declare a component as an explicit derivative of a connector?


I think the answers to a) and b) should be yes. This should be clearly described in the spec.
In principal the answer to c) could also be yes but I think that is a bad idea since the connector is definitely not meant to be used as a general purpose component. I feel this should actually be explicitly prohibited by the spec.
Resolution: 
Revised Text: 
Actions taken:
December 12, 2011: received issue
April 11, 2012: Deferred
Discussion: 

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Name:            Martin Corino
Employer:        Remedy IT
mailFrom:        mcorino@remedy.nl
Terms_Agreement: I agree
Specification:   CORBA Specification Part 3
Section:         7
FormalNumber:    ptc/2011-01-16 
Version:         3.2
Doc_Year:        Year
Doc_Month:       Month
Doc_Day:         Day
Page:            57-82
Title:           Relationship connector and components/homes not clearly specified
Nature:          Clarification
Severity:        Significant
CODE:            3TMw8
B1:              Report Issue


Description:


The spec does not clearly describe the relationship between connectors and components (inheritance?) and homes (manageability).


>From paragraph 7.4 (programming model for connectors) we can conclude the following:
1. connectors are derived from CCMObject
2. connectors (can) have a (keyless) Home


The formal spec in the earlier paragraphs of chapter however does not seem to mention any of this or of the consequences like:
a) can we explicitly define a connector as the managed component of a Home?
b) can we define explicit factories for connectors in a Home managing that connector?
c) can we declare a component as an explicit derivative of a connector?


I think the answers to a) and b) should be yes. This should be clearly described in the spec.
In principal the answer to c) could also be yes but I think that is a bad idea since the connector is definitely not meant to be used as a general purpose component. I feel this should actually be explicitly prohibited by the spec.