The global special variable CORBA:ORB is always set to the singleton instance of the ORBLink ORB.
The ORBLink ORB is encapsulated in the pseudointerface:
pseudo interface ORB : CORBA::ORB { Object _narrow(in Object obj, in Symbol class_name); void HandleJunctionError (in Junction j, in Condition c); void HandleJunctionClose (in Junction j); readonly attribute ServerJunctionList ServerJunctions; readonly attribute ClientJunctionList ClientJunctions; readonly attribute PassiveJunctionList PassiveJunctions; enum ServerJunctionErrorPolicyType {continue, debug, handle}; attribute ServerJunctionErrorPolicyType ServerJunctionErrorPolicy; attribute boolean HandleJunctionClosePolicy; enum break_policy_type {return,break}; attribute break_policy_type break_policy; enum thread_policy_type {singly_threaded, thread_per_request} enum verbose_level_type {low, high}; attribute verbose_level_type verbose_level; attribute thread_policy_type thread_policy; attribute boolean tracing; attribute unsigned long port; attribute string domain ; attribute string host; readonly attribute string version; };
Most of these attributes and operations are defined in other sections, hyperlinked to their name.
The version
attribute is bound to a string that denotes the current ORB.
Simply printing the value of corba:orb
will give version, host, and other useful information.
object_to_string
and
string_to_object
. See the section on naming for more information on these.