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 97-02-25 and IDL/Java Language Mapping, OMG document 97-03-01 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. 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 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.