Hi Dan, Sorry for the slow response; didn't see this mail.
Looking at the CORBA binding stuff in Axis 2, it currently doesn't actually use Yoko ws binding stuff at all. It only uses the ORB part which is the part going to Geronimo for which they are agreeing to keep standalone. Thus, the proposal as written wouldn't have any impact on their current code.
OK.
Also, the CORBA stuff they have is pretty much the exact opposite of what the Yoko bindings are trying to do. They are trying to "Web service enable a CORBA object". The yoko stuff is more "CORBA enable a Web Service object". Kind of a bit flipped. (Although that includes CORBA enabling a Web Service client object which would allow routing (via things like Apache Camel, maybe Synapse) from pure webservice endpoints to CORBA)
We are actually working on the reverse too- using Axis2 client APIs to talk to a CORBA object. (This is still different from CORBA enabling a Web service object for sure.)
Sanjiva. -- Sanjiva Weerawarana, Ph.D. Founder & Director; Lanka Software Foundation; http://www.opensource.lk/ Founder, Chairman & CEO; WSO2, Inc.; http://www.wso2.com/ Member; Apache Software Foundation; http://www.apache.org/ Visiting Lecturer; University of Moratuwa; http://www.cse.mrt.ac.lk/
