How well do the components become converted to CORBA 2.4 and what are the problems of running them together?
A component finally gets converted into an equivalent interface that inherits from CCM framework interfaces. This is part of CCM specification as defined by Object Management Group. CCM Container implements the framework interfaces either by code generation or in the form of library. To run both components and existing IDL implementation together by leveraging over existing deployment model, you may define a wrapper component that essentially does initialization of non-component IDL implementations i.e. creating object references, advertising services etc. Then invoke wrapper component initialization using small client after deployment that can be done using simple client or Python Managed Object provided by K2 infrastructure services.