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  1. OMG Issue

CORBA35 — DynValue & custom valuetypes

  • Key: CORBA35-176
  • Legacy Issue Number: 3459
  • Status: open  
  • Source: Floorboard Software ( Jonathan Biggar)
  • Summary:

    The CORBA 2.3.1 specification does not cover the interaction between the
    DynValue interface and custom valuetypes.

    I frankly don't see any way that the DynValue interface can possibly
    correctly handle a custom valuetype when the ORB does not have a factory
    for the type. It is theoretically possible for DynValue to properly
    work with a known custom type, but the implementation strategy could not
    be based on parsing the marshalled form of the valuetype.

    So, there are two issues that need to be addressed:

    1. Should DynValue handle custom valuetypes at all?

    2. For the set of custom valuetypes that it cannot handle, what
    exceptions should be raised by each operations?

  • Reported: CORBA 2.3.1 — Sat, 25 Mar 2000 05:00 GMT
  • Updated: Mon, 4 Mar 2024 19:59 GMT