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Key: CORBA24-104
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Legacy Issue Number: 3764
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Status: closed
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Source: Perot Systems ( Bill Binko)
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Summary:
Given the IDL below, is the third case (labeled "Nested Recursive
Case") legal in CORBA 2.3.x? (I understand that the answers to my questions
may change in 2.4: I am interested in possible flaws in 2.3 at the moment).
If it is legal, I have some concerns listed after the IDL://IDL
{ sequence<TestStruct1> list; }
module recurse
{
//Recursive Struct: This is legal
struct TestStruct1;
{ long threeMember; }
// Nested Struct: This is legal
struct TestStruct2 {
struct TestStruct3
twoMember;
{ sequence<One> twoMember; }
};
// Nested Recursive Case: IS THIS LEGAL?
struct One {
struct TwooneMember;
};
};1) If this IDL is loaded into an IFR, and the type() method of the StructDef
for ::recurse::One::Two is called, what should happen? I can think of at
least three interpretations of the spec (in particular, section 10.5) :a) type() should fail since the TypeCode for Two is not valid
outside of the definition of One. If this is the case, what should it
throw? (the natural result of many implementations would be MARSHAL, but
that seems wrong)b) type() should succeed and should include a complete, valid
TypeCode of the form://BEGIN TYPECODE//
Struct_tc(Two)
MemberList
StructMember
twoMember,
TypeCode: Struct_tc(One)
MemberList
StructMember
oneMember,
TypeCode: Recursive_tc("IDL:recurse/One/Two:1.0")
//END TYPECODE//c) type() should succeed and should include a complete, valid
TypeCode of the form://BEGIN TYPECODE//
Struct_tc(Two)
MemberList
StructMember
twoMember,
TypeCode: Struct_tc(One)
MemberList
StructMember
oneMember,
TypeCode: Struct_tc(Two)
MemberList
StructMember
twoMember,
TypeCode: Recursive_tc("IDL:recurse/One:1.0")
//END TYPECODE//2) Similarly, what should the behavior be when the type() method on the
generated structs (or their Helper classes in Java) are called? In
particular, at what point is the ORB responsible for "embedding" the
recursive TypeCode in its enclosing TypeCode as specified by section 10.7.3
"Creating TypeCodes"?For example, given the following code (in Java, but applied to other
languages):TypeCode recursiveTC = orb.create_recursive_tc("IDL:recurse/One:1.0");
org.omg.CORBA.StructMember[] members = new
org.omg.CORBA.StructMember[1];
members[0] = new org.omg.CORBA.StructMember("twoMember",
_orb().create_sequence_tc(0, recursiveTC), null);
/1/ TypeCode twoType = _orb().create_struct_tc(id(), "Two", members);members = new org.omg.CORBA.StructMember[1];
members[0] = new org.omg.CORBA.StructMember("oneMember", twoType,
null);
/2/ TypeCode oneType = _orb().create_struct_tc(id(), "One", members);If 1 attempted to resolve the recursive TC, it would fail.
If 2 attempted to resolve the recursive TC, it would succeed, but would
have to traverse all of twoType's members to see if there was a recursive TC
in there.Any other thoughts on this issue would be appreciated.
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Reported: CORBA 2.3.1 — Tue, 25 Jul 2000 04:00 GMT
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Disposition: Resolved — CORBA 2.4
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Disposition Summary:
Close no change with explanation as above.
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Updated: Fri, 6 Mar 2015 20:58 GMT
CORBA24 — Nested Recursive Structs Legal in 2.3.x?
- Key: CORBA24-104
- OMG Task Force: CORBA Core 2.4 RTF