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> This is the version 2.5.0 release of omniORB. We also refer to this version
> as omniORB2.
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> The last public release was 2.4.0. A list of <A HREF="changes.html">changes</A> from release 2.4.0 is available, as is a list of <A HREF="../omniORB_240/changes.html">changes</A> from release 2.2.0 to 2.4.0.
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> omniORB2 is copyright Olivetti & Oracle Research Laboratory. It is free
> software. The programs in omniORB2 are distributed under the GNU General
> Public Licence as published by the Free Software Foundation. See the file
> <A HREF="COPYING.TXT">COPYING</A> for copying permission of these programs. The libraries in omniORB2 are distributed under the GNU Library General Public Licence. See the file <A HREF="COPYING.LIB">COPYING.LIB</A> for copying permission of these libraries.
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> omniORB2 contains source code that is derived from the SunSoft OMG IDL
> Compiler Front End (CFE) version 1.3. The IDL CFE is copyright Sun
> Microsystems and is distributed here under the terms and conditions written
> in the file src/tool/omniidl2/COPYING.CFE (in the distribution).
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> <H2>README files</H2>
> <P>
> <UL>
> <LI><A HREF="README.win32">README.win32</A> - contains important information on building and using omniORB2
> on Windows NT and Windows 95.
> <P>
> <LI><A HREF="README.unix">README.unix</A> - contains important information on building and using omniORB2
> on Unix platforms.
> <P>
> <LI><A HREF="README.openvms">README.openvms</A> - contains important information on building and using omniORB2
> on openVMS.
> <P>
> <LI><A HREF="README.Linux">README.Linux</A> - contains further information on using omniORB2 on linux.
> <P>
> <LI><A HREF="README.egcs">README.egcs</A> - contains information on building omniORB2 with egcs-1.0.
> <P>
> <LI><A HREF="PORTING">PORTING</A> - contains instructions on porting omniORB2.
> <P>
> <LI><A HREF="changes.html">CHANGES</A> - contains a summary of changes since 2.4.0.
> </UL>
> <P>
> <BR>
> <P>
> <H2>Technical Highlights</H2>
> <P>
> omniORB2 is an Object Request Broker (ORB) which implements
> specification 2.0 of the Common Object Request Broker Architecture (CORBA).
> <UL>
> <LI> C++ language bindings are supported. The mapping conforms to the latest
> revision of the CORBA specification.
>
> <LI> The Internet Inter-ORB Protocol (IIOP) is used as the native protocol.
>
> <LI> The omniORB2 runtime is fully multithreaded. It uses native platform
> thread support encapsulated with a small class library, omnithread,
> to abstract away from differences in native thread APIs.
>
> <LI> `Typecode' and the type `Any' are supported.
>
> <LI> A COS Naming Service, omniNames, is provided.
>
> <LI> The following platforms are supported:
> <BR>
> <UL>
> <LI> Solaris 2.5/ Sun SparcCompiler C++ version 4.2
> <LI> Digital Unix 3.2/ DEC C++ compiler version 5.5
> <LI> Linux 2.0 (x86)/ GNU C++ compiler version 2.7.2 / Linuxthreads 0.5
> <LI> Windows NT / Windows 95 / Visual C++ version 5.0
> </UL>
> <P>
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> <LI> Ports to the following platforms are available. These ports are done by
> external contributors and have been integrated into the source tree.
> For these platforms, no pre-compiled binary is available.
> <BR>
> <UL>
> <LI> IBM AIX 4.2/ IBM C Set++ 3.1.4
> <LI> HPUX 10.20/ aC++ (B3910 A.01.04)
> <LI> OpenVMS Alpha 6.2/ DEC C++ compiler 5.5 (UCX 4.1 ECO 8)
> <LI> OpenVMS Vax 6.1/ DEC C++ compiler 5.5 (UCX 4.0 ECO 1)
> <LI> NextStep 3.3/ gcc-2.7.2
> </UL>
>
> <LI> This release has also been tested with egcc-1.0 that has been patched to
> support thread-safe exception handling. See
> <A HREF="README.egcs">README.egcs</A> for details.
>
> <LI> The ports to Mac OS and SGI Irix 6.x are known to exist. However, the
> ports have not been merged into the source tree yet.
>
> <LI>It should be straightforward to port omniORB2 to any platform which
> supports POSIX style threads, BSD style sockets and has a decent C++
> compiler which supports exceptions.
>
> <LI> It has been tested for interoperability via IIOP with other ORBs, such as
> Iona Orbix 2.2 MT, Iona OrbixWeb 2.0.1, Visigenic Visibroker for C++,
> and HP ORB Plus 2.5.
> </UL>
> <P>
> <BR>
> <P>
> <H2>Work in progress</H2>
> <P>
> omniORB2 is not yet a complete implementation of the CORBA core. The
> following features are not supported in the current release.
> <UL>
> <LI> Dynamic Any (DynAny) not yet supported. This is currently being implemented. Please visit the omniORB home page for latest updates.
>
> <LI> The Dynamic Invocation Interface (DII) is not supported.
>
> <LI> The Dynamic Skeleton Interface (DSI) is not supported.
> </UL>
> <P>
> <BR>
> <P>
> <H2>Missing features</H2>
> <P>
> The following features are missing from omniORB2.
> We are not currently planning on adding support for these features.
> <UL>
> <LI> The BOA only supports the persistent server activation policy. Other
> dynamic activation and deactivation polices are not supported.
>
> <LI> omniORB2 does not has its own Interface Repository.
> </UL>
> <P>
> <BR>
> <P>
> <H2>Installation</H2>
> <P>
> Installation instructions are provided in the following files:
> <UL>
> <LI><A HREF="README.unix">README.unix</A> for all unix platforms
> <LI><A HREF="README.win32">README.win32</A> for Windows NT and Windows 95
> </UL>
> <P>
> <BR>
> <P>
> <H2>Documentation</H2>
> <P>
> <UL>
> <LI> omniORB2 user guides are located in the ./doc directory. They are
> available in latex, postscript, acrobat and html formats.
>
> <LI> Man pages for the programs in this distribution are located in
> ./man directory.
>
> <LI> README files are provided throughout the distribution tree. They provide
> specific information about the directories and files, tools and examples.
> You may want to explore the tree to become familiar with the information
> provided in the README files.
> </UL>
> <P>
> <BR>
> <P>
>
> <H2>Examples</H2>
> <P>
> <UL>
> <LI> Example programs that demonstrate the use of omniORB2 are located in
> ./src/examples.
> </UL>
> <P>
> <BR>
> <P>
>
> <H2>Recommended Additional Documentation</H2>
> <P>
> omniORB2 is based on the following OMG specifications.
>
> <UL>
> <LI> <A HREF="http://www.omg.org/corba/corbiiop.htm">The Common Object Request Broker: Architecture and Specification</A><BR>
>
> In particular, omniORB2 users will find chapter 3 "OMG IDL Syntax and
> Semantics" and chapter 16 "Mapping of OMG IDL to C++" particularly
> relevant.
>
> <LI> <A HREF="http://www.omg.org/corba/sectrans.htm">The COS Naming Service Specification</A>
> </UL>
> <P>
> <BR>
> <P>
> <H2>Contact</H2>
> <P>
> If you have any queries, suggestions and problems in using omniORB2,
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> The latest version of omniORB2 is available from our Web pages:
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