I'm using JacORB v.1.3.30 with Classpath and I haven't had any trouble with it (just been using basic RMI).
--- Brian Jones <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Sascha Brawer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > However, we'd need to do a lot more for this to > become useful. Maybe this > > is obvious to everyone on the list, but in case it > isn't, let me outline > > what would be needed for CORBA support: > > > > 1. Use an IDL-to-Java compiler tool (like Sun's > idlj) to generate > > Java code for standard IDL files provided by the > OMG. For example, > > package org.omg.IOP is derived from IDL, and not > directly available > > at ftp.omg.org/pub/ javartf/. > > > > Having done this, we'd have roughly the same as > is documented on > > the Javadoc pages for Sun's J2SE 1.4. AFAIK, this > should be enough > > to run an ORB on a Classpath-based JRE. > > That would be good. > > > 2. Provide an actual implementation for all those > interfaces and > > abstract classes. > > I didn't think the JDK actually provided an ORB. To > my knowledge > everyone goes to a vendor for an ORB implementation. > My lack of > actually using CORBA from Java is showing here. > > > 3. Write a GNU version of an IDL-to-Java compiler > (i.e., a replacement > > for idlj). > > More tools always welcome in the classpath-tools > subproject. > > > (1) without (2) is somewhat useful: users could > run CORBA applications if > > they license an ORB from someone. Also, (1) is a > prerequisite for > > supporting CORBA in Classpath. But the big amount > of work is (2). > > > > By the way, could we legally use Sun's idlj for > (1), or do we have to do > > (3) first? > > Yes, you can use idlj or javah as needed. > -- > Brian Jones <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > _______________________________________________ > Classpath mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/classpath __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Faith Hill - Exclusive Performances, Videos & More http://faith.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ Classpath mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/classpath
