FYI -- JacORB is the pre-eminent free software Java ORB. I wrote Gerald, its
author, about contributing to classpath, and this is his reply.
I don't think we need this in the near future, but there's probably an
opportunity for someone to use the JacORB code as a starting point for org.omg.*
(CORBA public API), gnu.corba.* (ORB implementation) and an enhanced idl2java
tool.
Wes
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> Date: Tue, 24 Nov 1998 17:08:27 +0100
> From: Gerald Brose <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: Wes Biggs <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: JacORB and GNU Classpath project
>
> Hi Wes,
>
> > Thank you for your work on JacORB. I've used it somewhat and it's a great
> > and well written package, as well as having the obvious advantage of being
> > free software.
>
> Thanks for your warm words. You don't usually get much *positive*
> feedback,
> only bug reports, so I appreciate that.
>
> > I'm currently working with the folks at the GNU Classpath project
> > (www.classpath.org). Our goal is to provide a full drop-in replacement
> > for Sun's classes.zip (or rt.jar, etc).
>
> That's an ambitious project, I would say, but it sounds great.
>
> > Under JDK 1.2, as you are no
> > doubt aware, this includes the org.omg.* classes and Sun's ORB reference
> > implementation. Currently no one in the classpath project has taken on
> > the considerable task of writing these libraries, but your classes have
> > been mentioned as a possible starting point.
> >
> > Would you be interested in contributing?
>
> In principle yes, but I don't think I can spare any extra time to
> devote to the project. I am busy working on my PhD, and JacORB is
> currently just a tool to me.
>
> > I can offer to help in some
> > areas, particularly because I have a lot of experience using the
> > "official" JDK 1.2 API from Sun (and a lot of apps that can be used to
> > test for compatibility). I have noted some incompatibilities in JacORB
> > 0.9e related to the code generated by your idl2j utility (complicated by
> > the fact that OMG keeps releasing updated specs for the Java API).
>
> That's true. Precisely for that reason JacORB is not entirely compliant
> to the official Java language mapping - following the ever-changing Java
> mapping is a complete waste of time in my view. If you are willing to
> help here, that would be great. As for myself, I would rather wait until
> the
> dust has settled and then decide whether and how to adjust JacORB. BTW,
> do you consider Sun's OMG classes usable? I have only heard negative
> reports.
>
> > If you're up for this, I encourage you to get on the classpath mailing
> > list (info is on the web site), and also contact Paul Fisher, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > about copyright questions and CVS access. I can answer general questions
> > as well.
> >
> > It would be great to add JacORB to the Classpath suite. At this time we
> > are nearing an alpha release, and have implemented most of the core
> > classes (including java.net.* which is definitely good news for CORBA).
>
> As I said, I am a bit divided on this. I'll give it a thought, but
> I can't promise anything at the moment as I really ought to concentrate
> on other issues than ORB implementation now. So it's neither yes nor no
> at this stage. Sorry for being vague, but thanks for asking. I might
> come back to you on that issue later.
>
> Gerald.
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