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diff --git a/devel/ORBacus/pkg-descr b/devel/ORBacus/pkg-descr index 6c67bad17dec..d70faee387aa 100644 --- a/devel/ORBacus/pkg-descr +++ b/devel/ORBacus/pkg-descr @@ -1,47 +1,68 @@ -http://www.ooc.com/ - -OmniBroker is an Object Request Broker (ORB) that is compliant to the -Common Object Request Broker Architecture (CORBA) specification as -defined in: +ORBacus for C++ and Java is an Object Request Broker (ORB) that is +compliant to the Common Object Request Broker Architecture (CORBA) +specification as defined in: The Common Object Request Broker: Architecture and Specification - Revision 2.0, OMG Document 96-03-04 - -OmniBroker is free for non-commercial use. See the file LICENSE for -details. - -Some highlights of the OmniBroker Preview Release are: - -- Full CORBA IDL support - -- Complete CORBA IDL-to-C++ mapping - -- Uses IIOP as native protocol - -- Dynamic Invocation Interface + Revision 2.0, OMG document 97-02-25 -- Dynamic Skeleton Interface +and -- Interface Repository + IDL/Java Language Mapping, OMG document 97-03-01 -- Peer-to-Peer communication with nested method invocations +ORBacus for C++ and Java is free for non-commercial use and available +with full source code. See the file LICENSE for details. For +commercial licenses, please email OOC at support@ooc.com. -- Support for non-blocking method invocations +Some highlights of ORBacus 3.0 Preview Release are: +- Full CORBA IDL support +- Complete CORBA IDL-to-C++ mapping +- Complete CORBA IDL-to-Java mapping +- Includes the following Basic Services: + * Naming + * Event + * Property +- Pluggable Protocols with IIOP as default plug-in +- Single- and Multi-Threaded with many different concurrency models: + * Blocking + * Reactive + * Threaded + * Thread per Client + * Thread per Request + * Thread Pool +- Nested method invocations even in the single-threaded version - Support for timeouts - -- Seamless integration with X11 and Windows - -- A COS compliant Naming Service - -The current beta version has the following limitations: - -- Only persistent servers are currently supported - -- No multi-threaded applications - -Support for the GNU C++ compiler (version 2.7.2) is currently only -experimental. The GNU C++ isn't fully supported yet due to the lack of -a stable exception handling mechanism. On some platforms GNU C++ -doesn't support exception handling at all (e.g. MIPS), while on other -platforms the exception handling is still very buggy (SPARC, Intel). +- Seamless event loop integration with X11 and Windows +- Full support for dynamic programming: + * Dynamic Invocation Interface + * Dynamic Skeleton Interface + * Interface Repository + * DynAny for dynamic Any type handling +- IDL-to-HTML and IDL-to-RTF translator for generating "javadoc"-like + documentation + +The current Preview Release has the following limitations: + +- Only persistent (i.e. manually launched) servers are currently + supported + +ORBacus was tested to work on the following platforms: + +- ORBacus for C++: + * SGI C++ 7.1 or 7.2 SGI Irix 6.2 or 6.3 + * SUN C++ 4.1 or 4.2 SUN Solaris 2.5 + * HP aC++ A.01.00 or A.01.03 HP-UX B.10.20 + * AIX C Set ++ xlC 3.1.4.6 AIX Version 4.2.1 + * GNU C++ 2.7.2 Intel- or Sparc-based OS + * GNU C++ 2.8.1 Any supported OS + * EGCS C++ 1.0.2 Any supported OS + * Visual C++ 4.2/5.0 Windows NT 4.0 + * Visual C++ 4.2/5.0 Windows 95 + +- ORBacus for Java: + * SUN's JDK 1.1.x or compatible + +For more information on ORBacus, please see the ORBacus manual or +visit the ORBacus Home Page at http://www.ORBacus.com. + +For installation instructions, please see the file ../INSTALL. |