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0N/AOfficial Specifications for CORBA support in Java[tm] SE 6</
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0N/ASpecification References</
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0N/AThe specifications with which the Java[tm] Platform, Standard Edition (Java SE) v.1.6.0
0N/A ORB complies are as follows. If these links do not take you to the referenced
0N/A specification, the OMG may have changed the URL, and you can link to <
a 0N/AIDL to Java language mapping (<
a 0N/A<
li>Revised IDL to Java language mapping (<
a 0N/AJava to IDL language mapping (<
a 0N/AInteroperable Naming Service (<
a 0N/APortable Interceptors (<
a 0N/AThese are the only specifications referenced by this document.
0N/ASupported Specification Details</
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0N/ANot all of the above specifications are currently implemented in the ORB
0N/Ain Java[tm] SE 6. The precise list of supported sections is as follows:
0N/ACORBA 2.3.1 chapters 1-3 and 6-9</
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0N/A<
li>Revised IDL to Java language mapping, section 1.21.8.2, the <
tt>
orb.properties</
tt>
0N/ACORBA 2.3.1 chapter 4 with the following replacements from the Portable
0N/AInterceptors specification:</
li>
0N/A section 4.2.3.5 <
TT>destroy</
TT></
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0N/A section 4.5.2 <
TT>CodeFactory</
TT> and <
TT>PICurrent</
TT> are required</
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0N/A Section 4.5.3.4 as updated for <
TT>register_initial_reference</
TT></
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0N/ACORBA 2.3.1 chapter 5 with the following update from the Portable Interceptors
0N/A 5.5.2 <
TT>StringSeq</
TT> and <
TT>WStringSeq</
TT> are required. This adds the
0N/A <
TT>StringSeqHolder</
TT></
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0N/A <
TT>StringSeqHelper</
TT></
li>
0N/A <
TT>WStringSeqHolder</
TT></
li>
0N/A <
TT>WStringSeqHelper</
TT></
li>
0N/ACORBA 2.3.1 sections 10.6.1 and 10.6.2 are supported for repository IDs.</
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0N/ACORBA 2.3.1 section 10.7 for <
TT>TypeCode</
TT> APIs.</
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0N/ACORBA 2.3.1 chapter 11, Portable Object Adapter (POA), with the following updates from the Portable Interceptors specification:</
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0N/ASection 11.3.7 POAs must preserve all policies</
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0N/ASection 11.3.8.2 again states that POAs must preserve all policies</
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0N/ASection 11.3.8.26 <
tt>POA::id</
tt> is required.</
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0N/ACORBA 2.3.1 chapters 13 and 15 define GIOP 1.0, 1.1, and 1.2. The Java SE 6
0N/AORB fully supports all versions of GIOP, with the exception that the bi-directional
0N/AGIOP feature defined in sections 15.8 and 15.9 is not supported.</
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0N/AAll of the Interoperable Naming Service is supported.</
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0N/APortable Interceptors section 13.8 (the new <
TT>Coder</
TT>/<
TT>Decoder</
TT> interfaces)
0N/Aall of chapter 21 (the interceptor specification).</
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0N/A<
li>Section 1.21.8 of the Revised IDL to Java Language Mapping Specification (
ptc/
00-11-03)
0N/Ahas been changed from the version in the IDL to Java Language Mapping Specification (
ptc/
00-01-08).</
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0N/AThe IDL to Java compiler (<
TT>idlj</
TT>) complies with:</
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0N/ACORBA 2.3.1 chapter 3 (IDL definition)</
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0N/ACORBA 2.3.1 chapters 5 and 6 (semantics of Value types)</
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0N/ACORBA 2.3.1 section 10.6.5 (pragmas)</
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0N/AThe IDL to Java mapping specification</
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0N/AThe Revised IDL to Java language mapping specification section 1.12.1 "local interfaces"</
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0N/AThe Java to IDL compiler (the IIOP backend for <
tt>rmic</
tt>) complies with:</
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0N/ACORBA 2.3.1 chapters 5 and 6 (value types)</
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0N/AThe Java to IDL language mapping. Note that this implicitly references
0N/Asection 1.21 of the IDL to Java language mapping</
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0N/AIDL generated by the <
tt>-idl</
tt> flag complies with CORBA 2.3.1 chapter 3.</
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