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ORBacus for C++ and Java is an Object Request Broker (ORB) that is
compliant to the Common Object Request Broker Architecture (CORBA)
specification as defined in:
The Common Object Request Broker: Architecture and Specification
Revision 2.0, OMG document 97-02-25
and
IDL/Java Language Mapping, OMG document 97-03-01
ORBacus for C++ and Java is free for non-commercial use and available
with full source code. See the file LICENSE for details. For
commercial licenses, please email OOC at support@ooc.com.
Some highlights of ORBacus 3.0 Preview Release are:
- Full CORBA IDL support
- Complete CORBA IDL-to-C++ mapping
- Complete CORBA IDL-to-Java mapping
- Includes the following Basic Services:
* Naming
* Event
* Property
- Pluggable Protocols with IIOP as default plug-in
- Single- and Multi-Threaded with many different concurrency models:
* Blocking
* Reactive
* Threaded
* Thread per Client
* Thread per Request
* Thread Pool
- Nested method invocations even in the single-threaded version
- Support for timeouts
- Seamless event loop integration with X11 and Windows
- Full support for dynamic programming:
* Dynamic Invocation Interface
* Dynamic Skeleton Interface
* Interface Repository
* DynAny for dynamic Any type handling
- IDL-to-HTML and IDL-to-RTF translator for generating "javadoc"-like
documentation
The current Preview Release has the following limitations:
- Only persistent (i.e. manually launched) servers are currently
supported
ORBacus was tested to work on the following platforms:
- ORBacus for C++:
* SGI C++ 7.1 or 7.2 SGI Irix 6.2 or 6.3
* SUN C++ 4.1 or 4.2 SUN Solaris 2.5
* HP aC++ A.01.00 or A.01.03 HP-UX B.10.20
* AIX C Set ++ xlC 3.1.4.6 AIX Version 4.2.1
* GNU C++ 2.7.2 Intel- or Sparc-based OS
* GNU C++ 2.8.1 Any supported OS
* EGCS C++ 1.0.2 Any supported OS
* Visual C++ 4.2/5.0 Windows NT 4.0
* Visual C++ 4.2/5.0 Windows 95
- ORBacus for Java:
* SUN's JDK 1.1.x or compatible
WWW: http://www.ORBacus.com
For installation instructions, please see the file ../INSTALL.