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- @@@STARTPACK(omniORB;omniORB Object Request Broker)
-
- <P>
- omniORB2 is an Object Request Broker (ORB) which implements
- specification 2.0 of the Common Object Request Broker Architecture (CORBA).
- <UL>
- <LI> C++ language bindings are supported. The mapping conforms to the latest
- revision of the CORBA specification.
- <LI> The Internet Inter-ORB Protocol (IIOP) is used as the native protocol.
- <LI> The omniORB2 runtime is fully multithreaded. It uses native platform
- thread support encapsulated with a small class library, omnithread,
- to abstract away from differences in native thread APIs.
- <LI> TypeCode and type Any are supported.
- <LI> A COS Naming Service, omniNames, is provided.
- </UL>
- omniORB2 is not yet a complete implementation of the CORBA core. The
- following features are not supported in the current release.
- <UL>
- <LI> The Dynamic Invocation Interface (DII) is not supported.
- <LI> The Dynamic Skeleton Interface (DSI) is not supported.
- </UL>
- The following features are missing from omniORB2.
- We are not currently planning on adding support for these features.
- <UL>
- <LI> The BOA only supports the persistent server activation policy. Other
- dynamic activation and deactivation polices are not supported.
- <LI> omniORB2 does not has its own Interface Repository.
- </UL>
-
- </P>
-
- @@@OSR5DIST(http://www.sco.com/skunkware/osr5/net/omniORB/)
- @@@SOURCE(http://www.orl.co.uk/omniORB/omniORBForm.html)
- @@@HOMEPAGE(http://www.orl.co.uk/omniORB/omniORB.html)
- @@@ENDPACK
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