duke@1: duke@1: duke@1: duke@1: duke@1: duke@1: duke@1: duke@1: Provides classes and interfaces for making the server side of your applications duke@1: portable across multivendor ORBs. duke@1: duke@1:

In Java, Portable Object Adaptor (POA)-based Dynamic Skeleton Interface (DSI) duke@1: servants inherit from the standard DynamicImplementation class, which duke@1: inherits from the Servant class. The native Servant type is duke@1: defined by the PortableServer module for the POA. In Java, the duke@1: Servant type is mapped to the Java duke@1: org.omg.PortableServer.Servant class. duke@1: It serves as the base class for all POA servant duke@1: implementations and provides a number of methods that may duke@1: be invoked by the application programmer, as well as methods duke@1: which are invoked by the POA itself and may be overridden by duke@1: the user to control aspects of servant behavior. duke@1: duke@1:

Package Specification

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For a precise list of supported sections of official OMG specifications with which duke@1: the Java[tm] Platform, Standard Edition 6 complies, see Official Specifications for CORBA duke@1: support in Java[tm] SE 6. duke@1:

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POA-related Interfaces

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The PortableServer module defines the following POA-related interfaces: duke@1:

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In addition, the POA defines the Servant native type. duke@1: duke@1:

Operations classes

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Each of the interfaces listed above has an associated Operations interface. The Operations interface is generated by the idlj compiler and contains the method signatures for methods defined in its associated interface. The Operations interface can be accessed by both the client and the server, while its associated interface can only be called by the client. duke@1: duke@1:

Value Classes

duke@1: duke@1: Classes ending in the suffix PolicyValue provide the values used for the create_POA call, which sets the policy for the POA. See the sample code below for a demonstration. PolicyValue files include the following: duke@1:

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Helper Classes

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Helper classes, which are generated for all user-defined types in an OMG IDL duke@1: interface, supply static methods needed to manipulate those types. There is only one method in a helper class that an application programmer uses: the narrow method. Only Java interfaces mapped from IDL interfaces will have a helper class that includes a narrow method, so in the PortableServer package, only the following classes have a narrow method: duke@1:

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POA Classes

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POA classes are used to implement the ServantActivator or ServantLocator. duke@1: duke@1:

Exceptions

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The ForwardRequest exception indicates to the ORB duke@1: that it is responsible for delivering the current request and subsequent ForwardRequest requests to the object denoted in the duke@1: forward_reference member of the exception. duke@1: duke@1:

Interfaces Implemented by the Application Programmer

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Most of what PortableServer does is transparent to the user. The result is that programmers will use only a few of the interfaces mentioned above. The remaining interfaces will be provided by the ORB implementation. The interfaces of interest to application programmers are the following: duke@1:

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Package org.omg.PortableServer.ServantLocatorPackage

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This package supplies a CookieHolder class for passing duke@1: the Cookie type as an out parameter. The CookieHolder class duke@1: follows exactly the same pattern as the other holder classes for basic types. duke@1: duke@1:

Related Documentation

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For an overview of Java IDL, please see: duke@1:

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  • Java IDL home page. duke@1: duke@1:

    Example Code

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    Example Server Code

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    duke@1: import javax.naming.InitialContext;
    duke@1: import javax.naming.Context;
    duke@1: import javax.rmi.PortableRemoteObject ;
    duke@1: import com.sun.corba.se.impl.poa.POAORB;
    duke@1: import org.omg.PortableServer.*;
    duke@1: import java.util.*;
    duke@1: import org.omg.CORBA.*;
    duke@1: import javax.rmi.CORBA.Stub;
    duke@1: import javax.rmi.CORBA.Util;
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    duke@1: public class HelloServer {
    duke@1:     public HelloServer(String[] args) {
    duke@1:         try {
    duke@1:             Properties p = System.getProperties();
    duke@1:          //   p.put("org.omg.CORBA.ORBClass", "com.sun.corba.ee.internal.POA.POAORB");
    duke@1:             ORB orb = ORB.init( args, p );
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    duke@1:             POA rootPOA = (POA)orb.resolve_initial_references("RootPOA");
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    duke@1:             Policy[] tpolicy = new Policy[3];
    duke@1:             tpolicy[0] = rootPOA.create_lifespan_policy(
    duke@1:                 LifespanPolicyValue.TRANSIENT );
    duke@1:             tpolicy[1] = rootPOA.create_request_processing_policy(
    duke@1:                 RequestProcessingPolicyValue.USE_ACTIVE_OBJECT_MAP_ONLY );
    duke@1:             tpolicy[2] = rootPOA.create_servant_retention_policy(
    duke@1:                 ServantRetentionPolicyValue.RETAIN);
    duke@1:             POA tpoa = rootPOA.create_POA("MyTransientPOA", null, tpolicy);
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    duke@1:             String  ObjectId = "MyObjectId";
    duke@1:             byte[] oid = ObjectId.getBytes();
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    duke@1:             org.omg.CORBA.Object obj = tpoa.create_reference_with_id(oid,
    duke@1:                 new _HelloImpl_Tie()._all_interfaces(tpoa, oid)[0]);
    duke@1:             HelloInterface helloRef = (HelloInterface)PortableRemoteObject.narrow(
    duke@1:                 obj, HelloInterface.class );
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    duke@1:             Context initialNamingContext = new InitialContext();
    duke@1:             initialNamingContext.rebind("HelloService", helloRef);
    duke@1:             System.out.println("Hello Server: Ready...");
    duke@1:             orb.run();
    duke@1:          } catch (Exception e) {
    duke@1:             System.out.println("Trouble: " + e);
    duke@1:             e.printStackTrace();
    duke@1:          } 
    duke@1:      }
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    duke@1:      public static void main(String args[]) {
    duke@1:          new HelloServer( args );
    duke@1:      }
    duke@1: }
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