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  • Acronym: CORBA
  • Issues Count: 34
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Issues Summary

Key Issue Reported Fixed Disposition Status
CORBA35-438 Section 4.1.18.5 enum should be named CORBA_CompletionStatus CORBA 2.0 open
CORBA35-432 Add CORBATCKind to end of enum list CORBA 2.0 open
CORBA35-242 Which model should ConcurrencyControl support? CORBA 2.0 open
CORBA35-241 Who is responsible for releasing locks in transaction? CORBA 2.0 open
CORBA35-4 Duplicate union labels CORBA 2.0 open
CORBA35-5 Changes to ForeignComplexType CORBA 2.0 open
CORBA35-6 Section 13A.5.2: Editorial CORBA 2.0 open
CORBA35-7 Section 13A.2.3: editorial CORBA 2.0 open
CORBA35-8 Capter 13C: Editorial CORBA 2.0 open
CORBA35-9 Incorrect mappings for systems exceptions (part A) CORBA 2.0 open
CORBA35-218 interface QueryEvaluator { CORBA 2.0 open
CORBA35-243 Purpose of related LockSet CORBA 2.0 open
CORBA35-419 Automation View should generate HRESULT DISP_E_TYPEMISMATCH CORBA 2.0 open
CORBA35-420 Dispatch versions of DCORBAObject and DORBObject CORBA 2.0 open
CORBA35-421 INSTANCE_Clone does not need an in-parameter CORBA 2.0 open
CORBA35-422 page 4-129, section 4.1.17: change term "CORBA proxy" CORBA 2.0 open
CORBA35-423 page 4-129, section 4.1.17.1: retval attribute CORBA 2.0 open
CORBA35-424 boundary violations should cause View to propagate DISP_E_OVERFLOW CORBA 2.0 open
CORBA35-425 page 4-109, section 4.1.5.3: editorial CORBA 2.0 open
CORBA35-428 ODL is erroneous CORBA 2.0 open
CORBA35-436 What should Automation View accept in bounded sequences? CORBA 2.0 open
CORBA35-429 page 2-25 contradicts first sentence of 3rd full para on p 4-106 CORBA 2.0 open
CORBA35-430 uuid for DForeignException has an extra 0 CORBA 2.0 open
CORBA35-431 Return value type of DICORBATypeCode::member_type should be changed CORBA 2.0 open
CORBA35-433 Remove EX_repositoryID readonly property from IForeignException CORBA 2.0 open
CORBA35-434 Section 4.1.12: DICORBA TypeCode::kind CORBA 2.0 open
CORBA35-435 Standard ProgramId CORBA 2.0 open
CORBA35-437 VB cannot handle array out-parameters CORBA 2.0 open
CORBA35-1 Levels of Indirection for passing COM types seem to be missing CORBA 2.0 open
CORBA35-3 COM Sequence changes CORBA 2.0 open
CORBA35-439 Standard uuid for interfaces (COM/CORBA Part A) CORBA 2.0 open
CORBA35-2 Section 13C.1.3 Editorial CORBA 2.0 open
CORBA35-426 page 2-30: There is a label "Examples", but no examples CORBA 2.0 open
CORBA35-427 Page 2-41, section 2.9.7.2 Add name for Automation View interface CORBA 2.0 open

Issues Descriptions

Section 4.1.18.5 enum should be named CORBA_CompletionStatus

  • Legacy Issue Number: 681
  • Status: open  
  • Source: Anonymous
  • Summary:

    Summary: The enum should be named CORBA_CompletionStatus instead of CORBA_ExceptionType

  • Reported: CORBA 2.0 — Mon, 25 Aug 1997 04:00 GMT
  • Updated: Wed, 20 Mar 2024 19:45 GMT

Add CORBATCKind to end of enum list

  • Legacy Issue Number: 687
  • Status: open  
  • Source: Anonymous
  • Summary:

    Summary: Enum CORBATCKind omits the boolean kind (p.4-123, section 4.1.12) I recommend adding it to the end of list to preserve backward compatibility. Also missing tk_char.

  • Reported: CORBA 2.0 — Mon, 25 Aug 1997 04:00 GMT
  • Updated: Wed, 20 Mar 2024 19:44 GMT

Which model should ConcurrencyControl support?

  • Legacy Issue Number: 577
  • Status: open  
  • Source: Anonymous
  • Summary:

    Summary: There is inconsistency regarding which model ConcurrencyControl needs to support

  • Reported: CORBA 2.0 — Tue, 20 May 1997 04:00 GMT
  • Updated: Wed, 20 Mar 2024 19:17 GMT

Who is responsible for releasing locks in transaction?

  • Legacy Issue Number: 578
  • Status: open  
  • Source: Anonymous
  • Summary:

    Summary: In lock duration of Section 7.1 there are two descriptions. The role of the clients is vague to me

  • Reported: CORBA 2.0 — Tue, 20 May 1997 04:00 GMT
  • Updated: Wed, 20 Mar 2024 19:01 GMT

Duplicate union labels

  • Key: CORBA35-4
  • Legacy Issue Number: 704
  • Status: open  
  • Source: Foretuit ( Daniel Foody)
  • Summary:

    Summary: When multiple union labels resolve to the same union member, the property accessor for that union member has an additional (optional) argument

  • Reported: CORBA 2.0 — Mon, 25 Aug 1997 04:00 GMT
  • Updated: Mon, 4 Mar 2024 20:19 GMT

Changes to ForeignComplexType

  • Key: CORBA35-5
  • Legacy Issue Number: 701
  • Status: open  
  • Source: Foretuit ( Daniel Foody)
  • Summary:

    Summary: The following methods should be added to DIForeignComplexType, IID should be changed: string type_name(); string scoped_name(); string_repository_id(); more details in corresponding archive file

  • Reported: CORBA 2.0 — Mon, 25 Aug 1997 04:00 GMT
  • Updated: Mon, 4 Mar 2024 20:17 GMT

Section 13A.5.2: Editorial

  • Key: CORBA35-6
  • Legacy Issue Number: 708
  • Status: open  
  • Source: Foretuit ( Daniel Foody)
  • Summary:

    Summary: Third bullet should read:"...are sorted based upon interface name.." Last bullet should read "..the operations introduced in the current interface are mapped last and ordered.."

  • Reported: CORBA 2.0 — Thu, 21 Aug 1997 04:00 GMT
  • Updated: Mon, 4 Mar 2024 20:16 GMT

Section 13A.2.3: editorial

  • Key: CORBA35-7
  • Legacy Issue Number: 707
  • Status: open  
  • Source: Foretuit ( Daniel Foody)
  • Summary:

    Summary: Example of "on both machines" does nor correspond to the diagrams. Add "on an intermediate machine" to sentence

  • Reported: CORBA 2.0 — Thu, 21 Aug 1997 04:00 GMT
  • Updated: Mon, 4 Mar 2024 20:05 GMT

Capter 13C: Editorial

  • Key: CORBA35-8
  • Legacy Issue Number: 709
  • Status: open  
  • Source: Foretuit ( Daniel Foody)
  • Summary:

    Summary: There are a bunch of code samples that use a different font than the rest of the document

  • Reported: CORBA 2.0 — Thu, 21 Aug 1997 04:00 GMT
  • Updated: Mon, 4 Mar 2024 20:04 GMT

Incorrect mappings for systems exceptions (part A)

  • Key: CORBA35-9
  • Legacy Issue Number: 679
  • Status: open  
  • Source: Foretuit ( Daniel Foody)
  • Summary:

    Summary: Section 4.1.18.6 Table 4-14: A few of these mappings don"t seem to make sense (i.e. the meaning of the different exceptions in each object system is much different

  • Reported: CORBA 2.0 — Mon, 25 Aug 1997 04:00 GMT
  • Updated: Mon, 4 Mar 2024 20:03 GMT

interface QueryEvaluator {

  • Legacy Issue Number: 575
  • Status: open  
  • Source: Anonymous
  • Summary:

    Summary: I understand the params to be name value pairs of columns and the values for the
    selection, update, delete, insert criteria
    what is in the query? I would think if this is the whole query why would you
    need the params??

  • Reported: CORBA 2.0 — Tue, 20 May 1997 04:00 GMT
  • Updated: Mon, 4 Mar 2024 19:52 GMT

Purpose of related LockSet

  • Legacy Issue Number: 576
  • Status: open  
  • Source: Anonymous
  • Summary:

    Summary: In the specification, "Related lock sets" appears only in "create_related()" and create_transaction_related()" Where do I use these methods

  • Reported: CORBA 2.0 — Tue, 20 May 1997 04:00 GMT
  • Updated: Mon, 4 Mar 2024 19:37 GMT

Automation View should generate HRESULT DISP_E_TYPEMISMATCH

  • Legacy Issue Number: 700
  • Status: open  
  • Source: Anonymous
  • Summary:

    Summary: If number of dimensions of an input SAFEARRAY does not match the mapped CORBA type, the Automation View should generate the HRESULT DISP_E_TYPEMISMATCH

  • Reported: CORBA 2.0 — Mon, 25 Aug 1997 04:00 GMT
  • Updated: Fri, 12 Jan 2024 20:45 GMT

Dispatch versions of DCORBAObject and DORBObject

  • Legacy Issue Number: 699
  • Status: open  
  • Source: Anonymous
  • Summary:

    Summary: There should be straight dispatch versions of DCORBAObject and DORBObject

  • Reported: CORBA 2.0 — Mon, 25 Aug 1997 04:00 GMT
  • Updated: Fri, 12 Jan 2024 20:44 GMT

INSTANCE_Clone does not need an in-parameter

  • Legacy Issue Number: 698
  • Status: open  
  • Source: Anonymous
  • Summary:

    Summary: INSTANCE_Clone does not need an in-parameter to specify the instance to be cloned.

  • Reported: CORBA 2.0 — Mon, 25 Aug 1997 04:00 GMT
  • Updated: Fri, 12 Jan 2024 20:42 GMT

page 4-129, section 4.1.17: change term "CORBA proxy"

  • Legacy Issue Number: 697
  • Status: open  
  • Source: Anonymous
  • Summary:

    Summary: Second to last paragraph of the section contains the term "CORBA proxy" which should be changed to Automation View Interface.

  • Reported: CORBA 2.0 — Mon, 25 Aug 1997 04:00 GMT
  • Updated: Fri, 12 Jan 2024 20:39 GMT

page 4-129, section 4.1.17.1: retval attribute

  • Legacy Issue Number: 696
  • Status: open  
  • Source: Anonymous
  • Summary:

    Summary: The "retval" attribute should be removed from the second argument in both methods. MIDL does not have a retval attribute

  • Reported: CORBA 2.0 — Mon, 25 Aug 1997 04:00 GMT
  • Updated: Fri, 12 Jan 2024 20:38 GMT

boundary violations should cause View to propagate DISP_E_OVERFLOW

  • Legacy Issue Number: 695
  • Status: open  
  • Source: Anonymous
  • Summary:

    Summary: When translating a BSTR to a CORBA bounded string, boundary violations should cause the View to propagate DISP_E_OVERFLOW

  • Reported: CORBA 2.0 — Mon, 25 Aug 1997 04:00 GMT
  • Updated: Fri, 12 Jan 2024 20:35 GMT

page 4-109, section 4.1.5.3: editorial

  • Legacy Issue Number: 694
  • Status: open  
  • Source: Anonymous
  • Summary:

    Summary: "..maximum value of an Automation short" should read "..maximum value of a CORBA::UShort

  • Reported: CORBA 2.0 — Mon, 25 Aug 1997 04:00 GMT
  • Updated: Fri, 12 Jan 2024 20:30 GMT

ODL is erroneous

  • Legacy Issue Number: 691
  • Status: open  
  • Source: Anonymous
  • Summary:

    Summary: ODL which shows an extra, optional parameter for exception information on property-get or property-set method is erroneous, since MKTYPLIB doesn"t allow extra parameter on property accessor

  • Reported: CORBA 2.0 — Mon, 25 Aug 1997 04:00 GMT
  • Updated: Fri, 12 Jan 2024 20:24 GMT

What should Automation View accept in bounded sequences?

  • Legacy Issue Number: 683
  • Status: open  
  • Source: Anonymous
  • Summary:

    Summary: When mapping bounded sequences, should the Automation View accept as an in-parameter a Safearray whose upper bound is less than the maximum lenght of the mapped sequence?

  • Reported: CORBA 2.0 — Mon, 25 Aug 1997 04:00 GMT
  • Updated: Fri, 12 Jan 2024 20:21 GMT

page 2-25 contradicts first sentence of 3rd full para on p 4-106

  • Legacy Issue Number: 690
  • Status: open  
  • Source: Anonymous
  • Summary:

    Summary: I suggest that the automation chapter be changed to align with the architecture chapter

  • Reported: CORBA 2.0 — Mon, 25 Aug 1997 04:00 GMT
  • Updated: Fri, 12 Jan 2024 20:19 GMT

uuid for DForeignException has an extra 0

  • Legacy Issue Number: 689
  • Status: open  
  • Source: Anonymous
  • Summary:

    Summary: The uuid for DForeignException has an extra 0. It should be E977F907-3B75-11cf-BBFC-444553540000

  • Reported: CORBA 2.0 — Mon, 25 Aug 1997 04:00 GMT
  • Updated: Fri, 12 Jan 2024 20:18 GMT

Return value type of DICORBATypeCode::member_type should be changed

  • Legacy Issue Number: 688
  • Status: open  
  • Source: Anonymous
  • Summary:

    Summary: The return value type should be DICORBATypeCode*, not IDispatch. The return value of member_label should be a DICORBAAny* rather than VARIANT

  • Reported: CORBA 2.0 — Mon, 25 Aug 1997 04:00 GMT
  • Updated: Fri, 12 Jan 2024 20:12 GMT

Remove EX_repositoryID readonly property from IForeignException

  • Legacy Issue Number: 686
  • Status: open  
  • Source: Anonymous
  • Summary:

    Summary: This property should be removed because the INSTANCE_repositoryId property in IForeignComplexType provides this functionality

  • Reported: CORBA 2.0 — Mon, 25 Aug 1997 04:00 GMT
  • Updated: Fri, 12 Jan 2024 20:09 GMT

Section 4.1.12: DICORBA TypeCode::kind

  • Legacy Issue Number: 685
  • Status: open  
  • Source: Anonymous
  • Summary:

    Summary: Section 4.1.12: DICORBAtypeCode::kind has one parameter of type TCKind. It should be of type CORBATCKind

  • Reported: CORBA 2.0 — Mon, 25 Aug 1997 04:00 GMT
  • Updated: Fri, 12 Jan 2024 20:06 GMT

Standard ProgramId

  • Legacy Issue Number: 684
  • Status: open  
  • Source: Anonymous
  • Summary:

    Summary: There should be a standard ProgramId for the class which exposes D(I)CORBAAny

  • Reported: CORBA 2.0 — Mon, 25 Aug 1997 04:00 GMT
  • Updated: Fri, 12 Jan 2024 20:05 GMT

VB cannot handle array out-parameters

  • Legacy Issue Number: 682
  • Status: open  
  • Source: Anonymous
  • Summary:

    Summary: The VB cannt handle array out-parameters. Must use in-outs.

  • Reported: CORBA 2.0 — Mon, 25 Aug 1997 04:00 GMT
  • Updated: Thu, 11 Jan 2024 16:28 GMT

Levels of Indirection for passing COM types seem to be missing

  • Key: CORBA35-1
  • Legacy Issue Number: 702
  • Status: open  
  • Source: Foretuit ( Daniel Foody)
  • Summary:

    Summary:

  • Reported: CORBA 2.0 — Mon, 25 Aug 1997 04:00 GMT
  • Updated: Wed, 6 Dec 2023 23:39 GMT

COM Sequence changes

  • Key: CORBA35-3
  • Legacy Issue Number: 703
  • Status: open  
  • Source: Foretuit ( Daniel Foody)
  • Summary:

    Summary: Change the layout of both bounded and unbounded sequences to be the same

  • Reported: CORBA 2.0 — Mon, 25 Aug 1997 04:00 GMT
  • Updated: Wed, 6 Dec 2023 23:38 GMT

Standard uuid for interfaces (COM/CORBA Part A)

  • Legacy Issue Number: 680
  • Status: open  
  • Source: Anonymous
  • Summary:

    Summary: (D)IForeignComplexType,(D)ICORBAStruct,(D)ICORBAUnion,(D)IForeignException,(D)ICORBAUserException should have standard UUIDs and UUID identifiers

  • Reported: CORBA 2.0 — Mon, 25 Aug 1997 04:00 GMT
  • Updated: Wed, 6 Dec 2023 23:25 GMT

Section 13C.1.3 Editorial

  • Key: CORBA35-2
  • Legacy Issue Number: 710
  • Status: open  
  • Source: Foretuit ( Daniel Foody)
  • Summary:

    Summary: On page 9, paragraph beginning with "Within an interface...." should read "..attributes should appear after operations..."

  • Reported: CORBA 2.0 — Thu, 21 Aug 1997 04:00 GMT
  • Updated: Wed, 6 Dec 2023 23:10 GMT

page 2-30: There is a label "Examples", but no examples

  • Legacy Issue Number: 693
  • Status: open  
  • Source: Anonymous
  • Summary:

    Summary: Page 2-30, top of page, end of section 2.7.1: There is a label "Examples:" but no example follows

  • Reported: CORBA 2.0 — Mon, 25 Aug 1997 04:00 GMT
  • Updated: Wed, 6 Dec 2023 22:56 GMT

Page 2-41, section 2.9.7.2 Add name for Automation View interface

  • Legacy Issue Number: 692
  • Status: open  
  • Source: Anonymous
  • Summary:

    Summary: There should be a standard name for the Automation View interface.

  • Reported: CORBA 2.0 — Mon, 25 Aug 1997 04:00 GMT
  • Updated: Wed, 6 Dec 2023 22:56 GMT