1 <!doctype html public "-//w3c//dtd html 4.0 transitional//en"> 2 <html> 3 <head> 4 <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html"> 5 <title>Official Specifications for CORBA support in Java[tm] SE 6</title> 6 </head> 7 <body bgcolor="#FFFFFF"> 8 9 <h1> 10 Official Specifications for CORBA support in Java[tm] SE 6</h1> 11 12 <h2> 13 Specification References</h2> 14 The specifications with which the Java[tm] Platform, Standard Edition (Java SE) v.1.6.0 15 ORB complies are as follows. If these links do not take you to the referenced 16 specification, the OMG may have changed the URL, and you can link to <a 17 href="http://www.omg.org/">www.omg.org</a> to search for the correct specification. 18 <ul> 19 <li> 20 CORBA 2.3.1 (<a 21 href="http://www.omg.org/cgi-bin/doc?formal/99-10-07">formal/99-10-07</a>)</li> 22 23 <li> 24 IDL to Java language mapping (<a 25 href="http://www.omg.org/cgi-bin/doc?ptc/00-01-08">ptc/00-01-08</a>)</li> 26 27 <li>Revised IDL to Java language mapping (<a 28 href="http://www.omg.org/cgi-bin/doc?ptc/00-11-03">ptc/00-11-03</a>)</li> 29 30 <li> 31 Java to IDL language mapping (<a 32 href="http://www.omg.org/cgi-bin/doc?ptc/00-01-06">ptc/00-01-06</a>)</li> 33 34 <li> 35 Interoperable Naming Service (<a 36 href="http://www.omg.org/cgi-bin/doc?ptc/00-08-07">ptc/00-08-07</a>)</li> 37 38 <li> 39 Portable Interceptors (<a 40 href="http://www.omg.org/cgi-bin/doc?ptc/2001-03-04">ptc/2001-03-04</a>)</li> 41 </ul> 42 These are the only specifications referenced by this document. 43 44 45 <h2> 46 Supported Specification Details</h2> 47 Not all of the above specifications are currently implemented in the ORB 48 in Java[tm] SE 6. The precise list of supported sections is as follows: 49 <ul> 50 <li> 51 CORBA 2.3.1 chapters 1-3 and 6-9</li> 52 53 <li>Revised IDL to Java language mapping, section 1.21.8.2, the <tt>orb.properties</tt> 54 file.</li> 55 56 <li> 57 CORBA 2.3.1 chapter 4 with the following replacements from the Portable 58 Interceptors specification:</li> 59 60 <ul> 61 <li> 62 section 4.2.3.5 <TT>destroy</TT></li> 63 64 <li> 65 section 4.5.2 <TT>CodeFactory</TT> and <TT>PICurrent</TT> are required</li> 66 67 <li> 68 Section 4.5.3.4 as updated for <TT>register_initial_reference</TT></li> 69 </ul> 70 71 <li> 72 CORBA 2.3.1 chapter 5 with the following update from the Portable Interceptors 73 specification:</li> 74 75 <ul> 76 <li> 77 5.5.2 <TT>StringSeq</TT> and <TT>WStringSeq</TT> are required. This adds the 78 following 79 classes 80 to <TT>org.omg.CORBA</TT>:</li> 81 82 <ul> 83 <li> 84 <TT>StringSeqHolder</TT></li> 85 86 <li> 87 <TT>StringSeqHelper</TT></li> 88 89 <li> 90 <TT>WStringSeqHolder</TT></li> 91 92 <li> 93 <TT>WStringSeqHelper</TT></li> 94 </ul> 95 </ul> 96 97 <li> 98 CORBA 2.3.1 sections 10.6.1 and 10.6.2 are supported for repository IDs.</li> 99 100 <li> 101 CORBA 2.3.1 section 10.7 for <TT>TypeCode</TT> APIs.</li> 102 103 <li> 104 CORBA 2.3.1 chapter 11, Portable Object Adapter (POA), with the following updates from the Portable Interceptors specification:</li> 105 106 <ul> 107 <li> 108 Section 11.3.7 POAs must preserve all policies</li> 109 110 <li> 111 Section 11.3.8.2 again states that POAs must preserve all policies</li> 112 113 <li> 114 Section 11.3.8.26 <tt>POA::id</tt> is required.</li> 115 </ul> 116 117 <li> 118 CORBA 2.3.1 chapters 13 and 15 define GIOP 1.0, 1.1, and 1.2. The Java SE 6 119 ORB fully supports all versions of GIOP, with the exception that the bi-directional 120 GIOP feature defined in sections 15.8 and 15.9 is not supported.</li> 121 122 <li> 123 All of the Interoperable Naming Service is supported.</li> 124 125 <li> 126 Portable Interceptors section 13.8 (the new <TT>Coder</TT>/<TT>Decoder</TT> interfaces) 127 and 128 all of chapter 21 (the interceptor specification).</li> 129 130 <li>Section 1.21.8 of the Revised IDL to Java Language Mapping Specification (ptc/00-11-03) 131 has been changed from the version in the IDL to Java Language Mapping Specification (ptc/00-01-08).</li> 132 </ul> 133 134 <h2> 135 Tools</h2> 136 137 <ul> 138 <li> 139 The IDL to Java compiler (<TT>idlj</TT>) complies with:</li> 140 141 <ul> 142 <li> 143 CORBA 2.3.1 chapter 3 (IDL definition)</li> 144 145 <li> 146 CORBA 2.3.1 chapters 5 and 6 (semantics of Value types)</li> 147 148 <li> 149 CORBA 2.3.1 section 10.6.5 (pragmas)</li> 150 151 <li> 152 The IDL to Java mapping specification</li> 153 154 <li> 155 The Revised IDL to Java language mapping specification section 1.12.1 "local interfaces"</li> 156 </ul> 157 158 <li> 159 The Java to IDL compiler (the IIOP backend for <tt>rmic</tt>) complies with:</li> 160 161 <ul> 162 <li> 163 CORBA 2.3.1 chapters 5 and 6 (value types)</li> 164 165 <li> 166 The Java to IDL language mapping. Note that this implicitly references 167 section 1.21 of the IDL to Java language mapping</li> 168 169 <li> 170 IDL generated by the <tt>-idl</tt> flag complies with CORBA 2.3.1 chapter 3.</li> 171 </ul> 172 </ul> 173 174 </body> 175 </html>