Re: CORBA question

[Felix Bellaby <felix pooh u-net com>]

Dick Porter writes:
 > You need to prime the ORB with the location of your name server.

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 > Firstly, CORBA_ORB_resolve_initial_references() doesnt use ESP, or crystal
 > balls - you have to tell it where everything is.

Where does it say in the CORBA specs that ORB clients need to
tell the ORB how to find the initial references ?

What is the purpose of the initial references if the client has to 
tell the ORB how to find them before it can access them ?

There is no need for ESP or crystal balls. Setting defaults for the
ORB initial references is a good bit easier than determining the
root of the filing system. Almost every other subsystem uses files
in /etc/ to determine its bootstrap configuration and gets its
servers going using rc files. Why should ORBit do it differently ?

Felix