Re: cpp: World duly helloed

[Alex Hornby <alex anvil co uk>]

On Mon, 2002-03-11 at 10:05, Michael Meeks wrote:

> 	It seems strange to me that that should be the case, but perhaps I'm
> missing something. It would seem to me that having _this produce a
> client reference is somewhat strange, but I havn't read the C++ spec.
> 
> 	Regards,
> 
> 		Michael.
> 

Hi Michael,

That's how it is :) The _this() method activates the object on the root
POA (if not already activated) and returns a reference to it.

This is covered in Henning & Vinoski, which is IHMO essential reading if
working with CORBA & C++. 

In fact its probably also a good read for people working on the C
bindings as it gives good descriptions of the POA features needed for
the evictor pattern, which is the sanest way to do distributed object
lifetime management I've come across.

Cheers,
Alex.