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How can I get the IP address of a cient/server object in CORBA?

April 26, 2017cient CORBA ip address object server

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How can I get the IP address of a cient/server object in CORBA?

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The IP address (as well as the port number or any other protocol related feature) is hidden in the IOR (Interoperable Object Reference). The reason for this opacity is that CORBA can use any protocol for transportation of requests between object instances. The GIOP (General Inter ORB Protocol) is independent from any special network protocol. The IIOP (Internet Inter ORB Protocol) is a translation of GIOP into TCP/IP. IIOP support is not a mandatory feature of an ORB, but because of the Internet it has become a must for any ORB to implement. If we start relying on the presence of a specific protocol the original intention becomes weakened and may render object references, valid today, invalid in the future.