Issue 6287: Chapter/section: 15.4.2.2 "Request Body" (corba-rtf)
Source: 2AB (Ms. Carol Burt, cburt(at)2ab.com)
Nature: Clarification
Severity: Critical
Summary: Suppose you are sending a request (GIOP 1.2 or 1.3) and the request will
be fragmented into two segments. The first segment is a Request message
that has the GIOP Header and part of the Request Header. The second
segment is a Fragment message that has a GIOP Header, a Fragment Header,
and the body is the remainder of the Request Header and the Request Body.
Section 15.4.2.2 of CORBA 3.0 states that the Request Body (in a Request
Message) should always be aligned on an 8 octet boundary.


My question is, in the above scenario, where the Request Body begins in
the Fragment message, should the Request Body be aligned on an 8 octet
boundary or not? I have not found anything in the specification that
explicitly says what to do.
Resolution: 
Revised Text: 
Actions taken:
October 1, 2003: received issue
April 11, 2012: Deferred
Discussion: 

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From: Andrew Watson <andrew@omg.org> 
Subject: GIOP 1.2 & 1.3 fragmentation issue 


Document: CORBA 3.0.2 specification
Formal document number: formal/02-12-06
Revision date: Dec 2002
Chapter/section: 15.4.2.2 "Request Body"
Page: 15-37


Source: 2AB (Mr. Bob Burt)
Nature: Clarification
Severity: Urgent
Summary:


Suppose you are sending a request (GIOP 1.2 or 1.3) and the request will
be fragmented into two segments. The first segment is a Request message
that has the GIOP Header and part of the Request Header. The second
segment is a Fragment message that has a GIOP Header, a Fragment Header,
and the body is the remainder of the Request Header and the Request Body.
Section 15.4.2.2 of CORBA 3.0 states that the Request Body (in a Request
Message) should always be aligned on an 8 octet boundary.


My question is, in the above scenario, where the Request Body begins in
the Fragment message, should the Request Body be aligned on an 8 octet
boundary or not? I have not found anything in the specification that
explicitly says what to do.