DDS — ObjectHome index and name

Issue [THALES]
For footprint reasons an ObjectHome is designated by its index in the Cache. For convenience, the index should be an attribute of the ObjectHome
Proposal [THALES]
add the index readonly attribute
return the allocated index when the home is registered
add an operation to retrieve the home based on the index and homogeneise names of find operations
Concrete changes:
IDL
interface ObjectHome {
...
readonly attribute unsigned long registration_index;
...
interface Cache {
...
unsigned long register_home (
in ObjectHome a_home)
raises (
BadHomeDefinition);
ObjectHome find_home_by_name (
in ClassName class_name)
raises (
BadParameter);
ObjectHome find_home_by_index (
in unsigned long index)
raises (
BadParameter);
...
In section 3.1.6.3.3 Cache
In the table
Change the return type for register_home operation from "void" to "integer"
Change the name of "find_home" to "find_home_by_name"
add the following entry:
find_home_by_index ObjectHome
integer registration_index
In the following text, starting with "It offers methods"
first bullet: add at the end "this method returns the index under which the ObjectHome is registered by the Cache;"
second bullet:change to "to retrieve an already registered ObjectHome, based on its name (find_home_by_name) or based on its index of registration (find_home_by_index)
in section 3.1.6.2.3.5 ObjectHome
in the table
at the end of the attribute list, add the following entry
registration_index integer
in the following text, in the list starting by "The public attributes gives"
add a last bullet "the index under which the ObjectHome has been registered by the Cache (cf. Cache::register_home)
Correct the UML diagram accordingly

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