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Is Java IDL useful for real work?

April 26, 2017IDL Java useful

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Is Java IDL useful for real work?

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Yes, especially for Java CORBA clients that use a CORBA Naming Service to discover server references. It’s also fine for Java CORBA servers that run as persistent servers; that is, those that are started manually and don’t need to be activated by an ORB or ORB-related service. While this isn’t the way all CORBA deployments are configured, this method is used more often than one would think just from reading OMG specifications. If the system is using the Java IDL-provided tnameserv CORBA Naming Service, then the servers must be written to re-register themselves each time they are started. tnameserv isn’t particularly fault-tolerant, so this may be the first piece to consider replacing to do “real work” with Java IDL.