Re: Towards better OAF/Bonobo integration

[Michael Meeks <michael ximian com>]

On Sun, 29 Jul 2001, Maciej Stachowiak wrote:
> > Does this mean that all servers activated from oaf have derive from
> > Bonobo::Unknown? How does that affect servers whose life-cycle
> > management isn't a good fit for Bonobo's refcounting?
>
> For reference, in the Windows COM world, servers whose life-cycle
> management does not fit well with refcounting still inherit from 
> IUnknown but completely ignore the refcounting methods and implement
> their special life cycle management otherwise 

        Precicely. People are likely to want to use BonoboObject to
implement their interfaces - since it is far simpler than anything else.  
Furthermore - to address this specific problem I added a
bonobo_object_set_imortal () method the other day - that effectively     
turns off the remote _ref / _unref behavior of the Bonobo/Unknown
interface across an aggregate. Thus leaving you with queryInterface, but  
alowing you to do your own lifecycle management without being screwed by  
malicious 'unreffers' :-)
 
        Regards,
  
                Michael.

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