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Diffstat (limited to 'lib/orber/doc/src')
| -rw-r--r-- | lib/orber/doc/src/Makefile | 6 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | lib/orber/doc/src/ch_idl_to_erlang_mapping.xml | 16 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | lib/orber/doc/src/ch_install.xml | 6 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | lib/orber/doc/src/ch_naming_service.xml | 2 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | lib/orber/doc/src/notes.xml | 2 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | lib/orber/doc/src/notes_history.xml | 1523 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | lib/orber/doc/src/part_notes.xml | 2 |
7 files changed, 12 insertions, 1545 deletions
diff --git a/lib/orber/doc/src/Makefile b/lib/orber/doc/src/Makefile index 40f5ef8708..c82db49c9b 100644 --- a/lib/orber/doc/src/Makefile +++ b/lib/orber/doc/src/Makefile @@ -64,7 +64,6 @@ XML_REF3_FILES = \ orber_acl.xml XML_PART_FILES = \ - part_notes_history.xml \ part.xml \ part_notes.xml @@ -85,10 +84,6 @@ XML_CHAPTER_FILES = \ ch_orberweb.xml \ ch_debugging.xml -XML_HTML_FILES = \ - notes_history.xml - - BOOK_FILES = book.xml XML_FILES = $(BOOK_FILES) $(XML_APPLICATION_FILES) $(XML_REF3_FILES) \ @@ -124,7 +119,6 @@ INTERNAL_HTML_FILES = $(TECHNICAL_DESCR_FILES:%.xml=$(HTMLDIR)/%.html) HTML_FILES = $(XML_APPLICATION_FILES:%.xml=$(HTMLDIR)/%.html) \ $(XML_CHAPTER_FILES:%.xml=$(HTMLDIR)/%.html) \ - $(XML_HTML_FILES:%.xml=$(HTMLDIR)/%.html) \ $(XML_PART_FILES:%.xml=$(HTMLDIR)/%.html) INFO_FILE = ../../info diff --git a/lib/orber/doc/src/ch_idl_to_erlang_mapping.xml b/lib/orber/doc/src/ch_idl_to_erlang_mapping.xml index 6df85a1f8f..a97ad65f0e 100644 --- a/lib/orber/doc/src/ch_idl_to_erlang_mapping.xml +++ b/lib/orber/doc/src/ch_idl_to_erlang_mapping.xml @@ -286,15 +286,15 @@ typedef string<10> myString10; typedef wstring<10> myWString10; ]]></code> <p>If we want to define a char/string or wchar/wstring constant, we can - use octal (\\OOO - one, two or three octal digits), - hexadecimal (\\xHH - one or two hexadecimal digits) and unicode (\\uHHHH - + use octal (\OOO - one, two or three octal digits), + hexadecimal (\xHH - one or two hexadecimal digits) and unicode (\uHHHH - one, two, three or four hexadecimal digits.) representation as well. For example:</p> <code type="none"> -const string SwedensBestSoccerTeam = "\\101" "\\x49" "\\u004B"; -const wstring SwedensBestHockeyTeam = L"\\101\\x49\\u004B"; -const char aChar = '\\u004B'; -const wchar aWchar = L'\\u004C'; +const string SwedensBestSoccerTeam = "\101" "\x49" "\u004B"; +const wstring SwedensBestHockeyTeam = L"\101\x49\u004B"; +const char aChar = '\u004B'; +const wchar aWchar = L'\u004C'; </code> <p>Naturally, we can use <c>"Erlang"</c>, <c>L"Rocks"</c>, <c>'A'</c> and <c>L'A'</c> as well.</p> @@ -1421,11 +1421,11 @@ interface i { </row> <row> <cell align="left" valign="middle">{tk_objref, IFRId, Name}</cell> - <cell align="left" valign="middle">{tk_objref, "IDL:M1\\I1:1.0", "I1"}</cell> + <cell align="left" valign="middle">{tk_objref, "IDL:M1\I1:1.0", "I1"}</cell> </row> <row> <cell align="left" valign="middle">{tk_struct, IFRId, Name, [{ElemName, ElemTC}]}</cell> - <cell align="left" valign="middle">{tk_struct, "IDL:M1\\S1:1.0", "S1", [{"a", tk_long}, {"b", tk_char}]}</cell> + <cell align="left" valign="middle">{tk_struct, "IDL:M1\S1:1.0", "S1", [{"a", tk_long}, {"b", tk_char}]}</cell> </row> <row> <cell align="left" valign="middle">{tk_union, IFRId, Name, DiscrTC, DefaultNr, [{Label, ElemName, ElemTC}]} <br></br> diff --git a/lib/orber/doc/src/ch_install.xml b/lib/orber/doc/src/ch_install.xml index eee2b99c92..ab5885954b 100644 --- a/lib/orber/doc/src/ch_install.xml +++ b/lib/orber/doc/src/ch_install.xml @@ -483,7 +483,7 @@ nodeB@hostB> orber:start(). <item>Since Orber domains, they are supposed to communicate via IIOP, <em>MUST</em> have unique names, communication will fail if two domains have the same name. The domain name <em>MAY NOT</em> - contain <c>^G</c> (i.e. <c>\\007</c>).</item> + contain <c>^G</c> (i.e. <c>\007</c>).</item> <tag><em>iiop_port</em></tag> <item>If set to 0 the OS will pick any vacant port. <br></br> @@ -595,7 +595,7 @@ nodeB@hostB> orber:start(). the <c>interceptors</c> parameter.</item> <tag><em>orbInitRef</em></tag> <item>Setting this option, e.g., - <c>erl -orber orbInitRef [\\"NameService=corbaloc::host.com/NameService\\"]</c>, + <c>erl -orber orbInitRef [\"NameService=corbaloc::host.com/NameService\"]</c>, will alter the location from where <c>corba:resolve_initial_references(Key)</c> tries to find an object matching the given Key. The keys will also appear when invoking <c>corba:list_initial_services()</c>. This variable overrides @@ -605,7 +605,7 @@ nodeB@hostB> orber:start(). found, and this variable is set, it determines the location from where <c>orber:resolve_initial_references(Key)</c> tries to find an object matching the given Key. Usage: - <c>erl -orber orbDefaultInitRef \\"corbaloc::host.com\\"</c>.</item> + <c>erl -orber orbDefaultInitRef \"corbaloc::host.com\"</c>.</item> <tag><em>orber_debug_level</em></tag> <item>The range is 0 to 10. Using level 10 is the most verbose configuration. diff --git a/lib/orber/doc/src/ch_naming_service.xml b/lib/orber/doc/src/ch_naming_service.xml index a5818966fa..5cc50d95ec 100644 --- a/lib/orber/doc/src/ch_naming_service.xml +++ b/lib/orber/doc/src/ch_naming_service.xml @@ -427,7 +427,7 @@ lists:foreach(fun({{Id, Kind},BindingType}) -> case BindingType of <cell align="left" valign="middle">An Id with a trailing '.' is not allowed.</cell> </row> <row> - <cell align="left" valign="middle">"i\\\\/d1/i\\\\.d2"</cell> + <cell align="left" valign="middle">"i\\/d1/i\\.d2"</cell> <cell align="left" valign="middle">[{"i/d1",""},{"i.d2",""}]</cell> <cell align="left" valign="middle">Since '.' and '/' are used to separate the components, these tokens must be escaped to be correctly converted.</cell> </row> diff --git a/lib/orber/doc/src/notes.xml b/lib/orber/doc/src/notes.xml index 08bbf4b29c..cc64889b17 100644 --- a/lib/orber/doc/src/notes.xml +++ b/lib/orber/doc/src/notes.xml @@ -403,8 +403,6 @@ </item> </list> </section> - <!-- p>For information about older versions see - <url href="part_notes_history_frame.html">release notes history</url>.</p --> </section> </chapter> diff --git a/lib/orber/doc/src/notes_history.xml b/lib/orber/doc/src/notes_history.xml deleted file mode 100644 index b493f0e379..0000000000 --- a/lib/orber/doc/src/notes_history.xml +++ /dev/null @@ -1,1523 +0,0 @@ -<?xml version="1.0" encoding="latin1" ?> -<!DOCTYPE chapter SYSTEM "chapter.dtd"> - -<chapter> - <header> - <copyright> - <year>2004</year><year>2009</year> - <holder>Ericsson AB. All Rights Reserved.</holder> - </copyright> - <legalnotice> - The contents of this file are subject to the Erlang Public License, - Version 1.1, (the "License"); you may not use this file except in - compliance with the License. You should have received a copy of the - Erlang Public License along with this software. If not, it can be - retrieved online at http://www.erlang.org/. - - Software distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" - basis, WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See - the License for the specific language governing rights and limitations - under the License. - - </legalnotice> - - <title>Orber Release Notes History</title> - <prepared></prepared> - <responsible></responsible> - <docno></docno> - <approved></approved> - <checked></checked> - <date>99-02-12</date> - <rev>A</rev> - </header> - - <section> - <title>Orber 3.5.4</title> - - <section> - <title>Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions</title> - <list type="bulleted"> - <item> - <p>In some cases, it was possible for a user to delete the - NameService root context.</p> - <p>Own Id: OTP-5202</p> - </item> - <item> - <p>Invoking two, or more, concurrent oe_register operations - it could corrupt the IFR. If this is the case, the - INTF_REPOS system exception is raised. The risk for this - to occur is rather slim.</p> - <p>Own Id: OTP-5526</p> - </item> - </list> - </section> - </section> - - <section> - <title>Orber 3.5.3</title> - - <section> - <title>Improvements and New Features</title> - <list type="bulleted"> - <item> - <p>To avoid malicious attacks, it is now possible to configure - Orber to only accept incoming requests up to a certain size. - To be able to use this option, it must be supported by inet - and SSL.</p> - <p>Own id: OTP-5129</p> - </item> - </list> - </section> - </section> - - <section> - <title>Orber 3.5.2</title> - - <section> - <title>Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions</title> - <list type="bulleted"> - <item> - <p>If a client tried to connect to Orber and immediately - closed the connection, then the process accepting new - connections could end up with a message in the queue - that would never be removed.</p> - <p>Own id: OTP-5105</p> - </item> - <item> - <p>The INS corbaloc/corbaname URL:s did only accept DNS style host - names. Now it is also possible to use, none compressed, IPv6 - addresses.</p> - <p>Own id: OTP-5108</p> - </item> - <item> - <p>When Orber was configured to use IPv6 for inter-ORB communication, - exported IOR:s did not contain a correct IPv6 address. This did not - cause any problems if Orber was configured to use DNS style hostname - instead.</p> - <p>Own id: OTP-5109</p> - </item> - <item> - <p>Orber used external operations not exported in R9B.</p> - <p>Own id: OTP-5111</p> - </item> - </list> - </section> - </section> - - <section> - <title>Orber 3.5.1</title> - - <section> - <title>Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions</title> - <list type="bulleted"> - <item> - <p>When using Light IFR it was not possible unregister data - (i.e., invoking 'MyModule':oe_unregister()). - Introduced in Orber-3.5.0.1.</p> - <p>Own id: OTP-5034</p> - </item> - </list> - </section> - </section> - - <section> - <title>Orber 3.5.0.1</title> - - <section> - <title>Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions</title> - <list type="bulleted"> - <item> - <p>orber_ifr:contents/3 always returned an empty list when using - Light IFR. Little or no effect.</p> - <p>Own id: OTP-5018</p> - </item> - </list> - </section> - </section> - - <section> - <title>Orber 3.5</title> - - <section> - <title>Improvements and New Features</title> - <list type="bulleted"> - <item> - <p>It is now possible to configure Orber to use NAT (Network Address - Translation) friendly parameters. A new section in the User's Guide - describes how to handle communication via firewalls.</p> - <p>Own id: OTP-4698</p> - </item> - <item> - <p>A new module called <c>orber_diagnostics</c> have been added, which - is intended to aid a user during the test and development phase. - For more information, see the reference manual.</p> - <p>Own id: OTP-4699</p> - </item> - <item> - <p><c>IPv6</c> supported.</p> - <p>Own id: OTP-4937</p> - </item> - <item> - <p>Possible to configure Orber so that exported IOR:s contain - multiple IIOP components for different interfaces.</p> - <p>Own id: OTP-4938</p> - </item> - <item> - <p>Improved typechecking of typecode supplied to the operations - <c>orber_tc:check_tc/1</c>, <c>any:create/2</c> and - <c>any:set_typecode/2</c>.</p> - <p>Own id: OTP-4939</p> - </item> - <item> - <p>Server objects can now be started as EXIT tolerant.</p> - <p>Own id: OTP-4940</p> - </item> - <item> - <p>Possible to use interceptors for local invocations as well.</p> - <p>Own id: OTP-4941</p> - </item> - <item> - <p>If the IFR is not explicitly used, Orber can be configured - to use a minimal IFR to reduce memory usage and installation - time.</p> - <p>Own id: OTP-5001</p> - </item> - <item> - <p>To avoid malicious attacks it is now possible to configure - Orber to limit the number of concurrent connections and - requests and the amount of IIOP fragments.</p> - <p>Own id: OTP-5002</p> - </item> - <item> - <p>The operation <c>orber:iiop_connections/0</c> now also include - incoming connections.</p> - <p>Own id: OTP-5004</p> - </item> - <item> - <p>The function <c>orber:add_node/2</c> now accepts more options.</p> - <p>Own id: OTP-5006</p> - </item> - <item> - <p>The module <c>orber_diagnostics</c> now exports a function - which list missing modules generated by IC and required by - Orber.</p> - <p>Own id: OTP-5007</p> - </item> - </list> - </section> - - <section> - <title>Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions</title> - <list type="bulleted"> - <item> - <p>Orber's NameService did not return a NIL object reference if the total - number of existing bindings was less than, or equal to, - the <c>HowMany</c> parameter passed to - <c>'CosNaming_NamingContext':list/2</c> operation. This have now been - changed to be compliant with the OMG standard. Furthermore, the operation - <c>'CosNaming_BindingIterator':next_n/2</c> did not handle the index - correctly in all situations.</p> - <p>Own id: OTP-4700</p> - </item> - <item> - <p>If the Orber internal gen_server orber_iiop_pm was stopped - in such a way that the terminate function was not invoked, - then ghost processes would appear.</p> - <p>Own id: OTP-5003</p> - </item> - </list> - </section> - - <section> - <title>Incompatibilities</title> - <list type="bulleted"> - <item> - <p>The work-around introduced in version 3.4.1 (OTP-4608) has - now been removed. Make sure you are using IC-4.2 or later.</p> - </item> - <item> - <p>Since the OMG has defined a default port number (2809), - Orber no longer support the bootstrap port.</p> - <p>Own id: OTP-5005</p> - </item> - </list> - </section> - </section> - - <section> - <title>Orber 3.4.2.2</title> - - <section> - <title>Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions</title> - <list type="bulleted"> - <item> - <p>Due to IFR DB lock mechanisms, concurrent creation - of non-anonymous IFR types could still result in duplicated - entries.</p> - <p>Own id: OTP-4781</p> - </item> - </list> - </section> - </section> - - <section> - <title>Orber 3.4.2.1</title> - - <section> - <title>Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions</title> - <list type="bulleted"> - <item> - <p>The operation <c>orber:start()</c> could return before - all Mnesia tables were accessible.</p> - <p>Own id: OTP-4780</p> - </item> - <item> - <p>Concurrent creation of non-anonymous IFR types - could result in duplicates in the DB.</p> - <p>Own id: OTP-4781</p> - </item> - </list> - </section> - </section> - - <section> - <title>Orber 3.4.2</title> - - <section> - <title>Improvements and New Features</title> - <list type="bulleted"> - <item> - <p>Improved type tests for string, wide string and sequence when - passed via IIOP.</p> - <p>Own id: OTP-4759</p> - </item> - <item> - <p>Less (internal) processes are needed when Orber act as client-side ORB - and communicate with another ORB. Due to this change, closed connections - and socket errors are dealt with in a more gentle way. If the latter - occurs, the error_logger application is used to generate an error - report containing a description of what went wrong.</p> - <p>Own id: OTP-4655</p> - </item> - </list> - </section> - - <section> - <title>Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions</title> - <list type="bulleted"> - <item> - <p>When communicating with another ORB, via SSL, and a socket error occurred, - Orber did not recognize the error message. This occurred when Orber - acted as client-side ORB.</p> - <p>Own id: OTP-4656</p> - </item> - <item> - <p>If an out-going connection was closed and the receiving process had not - been scheduled yet, the close connection message was delivered before - the correct message.</p> - <p>Own id: OTP-4657</p> - </item> - </list> - </section> - - <section> - <title>Incompatibilities</title> - <list type="bulleted"> - <item> - <p>Since strstream is deprecated and not accepted by gcc-3.3, - Orber no longer includes the InitalReference lib. The source - code is still included.</p> - <p>Own id: OTP-4767</p> - </item> - </list> - </section> - </section> - - <section> - <title>Orber 3.4.1</title> - - <section> - <title>Improvements and New Features</title> - <list type="bulleted"> - <item> - <p>It is now possible to use IC-versions older than 4.2. But, this is - only temporary so it is still necessary upgrade to a correct - version.</p> - <p>Own id: OTP-4608</p> - </item> - </list> - </section> - </section> - - <section> - <title>Orber 3.4</title> - - <section> - <title>Improvements and New Features</title> - <list type="bulleted"> - <item> - <p>If a call-back module illegally caused an EXIT, clients - residing on another ORB was not notified (hanged).</p> - <p>Own id: OTP-4577</p> - </item> - <item> - <p>The stub/skeleton-files generated by IC have been improved, - i.e., depending on the IDL-files, reduced the size of the - erl- and beam-files and decreased dependencies off Orber's - Interface Repository. It is necessary to re-compile all IDL-files - and use COS-applications, including Orber, compiled with - IC-4.2.</p> - <p>Own id: OTP-4576</p> - </item> - <item> - <p>It is now possible to configure Orber to use the host name - in exported IOR:s instead of the IP-number.</p> - <p>Own id: OTP-4541</p> - </item> - </list> - </section> - - <section> - <title>Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions</title> - <list type="bulleted"> - <item> - <p>When Orber acted as server-side ORB and one tried to setup a - SSL-connection and using native Interceptors at the same time - it failed.</p> - <p>Own Id: OTP-4542</p> - </item> - <item> - <p>Oneway operations, using a multi-node Orber, failed for inter-node - communication.</p> - <p>Own Id: OTP-4543</p> - </item> - </list> - </section> - </section> - - <section> - <title>Orber 3.3</title> - - <section> - <title>Improvements and New Features</title> - <list type="bulleted"> - <item> - <p>Orber now supports fragmented IIOP messages for 1.2.</p> - <p>Own Id: OTP-4462</p> - </item> - <item> - <p>Orber now has its own set of unique VMCID:s which - is used for minor codes in system exceptions. All system exceptions raised - by Orber now uses this VMCID base or OMG:s VMCID base. See also the function - <c>orber:exception_info/1</c>.</p> - <p>Own Id: OTP-4463</p> - </item> - <item> - <p>Since some ORB:s, non-compliant with the OMG specification, - have problems using IOR:s which embeds a CodeSet component, it is now - possible to configure Orber to exclude it from exported IOR:s.</p> - <p>Own Id: OTP-4469</p> - </item> - </list> - </section> - - <section> - <title>Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions</title> - <list type="bulleted"> - <item> - <p>When combining interceptors and oneway operations, Orber - incorrectly sent a MessageError over the connection to the - client ORB.</p> - <p>Own Id: OTP-4460</p> - </item> - <item> - <p>After (2^32)-1 requests, Orber used the request number 0 twice - in a row.</p> - <p>Own Id: OTP-4461</p> - </item> - <item> - <p>The COMM_FAILURE exception should only be raised when connection - problems occur. Now Orber raises the correct exceptions. Note, when - Orber act as client side ORB you must be able to handle any of the system - exceptions defined by the OMG. Some of the COMM_FAILURE exceptions - have been replaced with the correct TRANSIENT and TIMEOUT exceptions.</p> - <p>Own Id: OTP-4465</p> - </item> - <item> - <p>The default port used for corbaloc and corbaname was - incorrect. Now changed to follow the OMG standard (2809).</p> - <p>Own Id: OTP-4466</p> - </item> - <item> - <p>When Orber acted as a client-side ORB, it failed to encode - unions with a default case (i.e. defined in the IDL-code and a - default label used).</p> - <p>Own Id: OTP-4472</p> - </item> - <item> - <p>The operation corba:print_object/1/2 did not include host/port - data for IIOP-1.0 IOR:s.</p> - <p>Own Id: OTP-4483</p> - </item> - </list> - </section> - - <section> - <title>Incompatibilities</title> - <list type="bulleted"> - <item> - <p>Some of the COMM_FAILURE exceptions have been replaced with the correct - TRANSIENT and TIMEOUT exceptions. All minor codes used by Orber - is now based on the OMG assigned VMCIDs.</p> - <p>Own Id: OTP-4465, OTP-4463</p> - </item> - <item> - <p>The default port used for corbaloc and corbaname have been changed - to 2809.</p> - <p>Own Id: OTP-4466</p> - </item> - <item> - <p>To reduce extra overhead Orber now uses a flag parameter, - which makes it possible to configure Orber's behavior in different ways. - Hence, the global activation of Local Typechecking, introduced in the previous - version, have now been changed.</p> - <p>Own Id: OTP-4467</p> - </item> - </list> - </section> - </section> - - <section> - <title>Orber 3.2.13</title> - - <section> - <title>Improvements and New Features</title> - <list type="bulleted"> - <item> - <p>It is now possible to activate automatic typechecking when - invoking operations on CORBA Objects locally. For more - information, see the configuration and debugging chapters - in the User's Guide regarding the <c>local_typecheck</c> - option.</p> - <p>Own Id: OTP-4410</p> - </item> - <item> - <p>Due to the success of the pre-compiled IIOP-trace interceptor, a less - verbose trace interceptor, called <c>orber_iiop_tracer_silent</c>, - have been added as well.</p> - <p>Own Id: OTP-4257</p> - </item> - <item> - <p>Orber now support the Fixed datatype defined by the OMG. To be able - to define Fixed types in an IDL-specification, check that your current - IC version supports this type as well. If not, the only option is - to encapsulate it in an <c>any</c> type.</p> - <p>Own id: OTP-4375</p> - </item> - </list> - </section> - - <section> - <title>Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions</title> - <list type="bulleted"> - <item> - <p>It was not possible to use the function <c>corba:print_object/2</c>, - which was introduced in the previous release, only - <c>corba:print_object/1</c>. Now it is also possible to use - the <c>error_logger</c> or receive the data in string form.</p> - <p>Own Id: OTP-4376</p> - </item> - <item> - <p>The functions <c>orber_tc:principal</c> and <c>orber_tc:exception</c> - returned incorrect.</p> - <p>Own Id: -</p> - </item> - <item> - <p>The function <c>orber_ifr:get_primitive</c> tried to access a - non-existing (primitivdefs) table.</p> - <p>Own Id: -</p> - </item> - </list> - </section> - </section> - - <section> - <title>Orber 3.2.12</title> - - <section> - <title>Improvements and New Features</title> - <list type="bulleted"> - <item> - <p>Orber now check if an external IOR contains any - TAG_ALTERNATE_IIOP_ADDRESS components when trying to setup - a connection to another ORB.</p> - <p>Own id: OTP-4294</p> - </item> - <item> - <p>It is now possible to add TAG_ALTERNATE_IIOP_ADDRESS components - to a local object reference. See corba:add_alternate_iiop_address/3.</p> - <p>Own id: OTP-4294</p> - </item> - <item> - <p>Orber now allows unions with no default value defined and a - discriminator out of range to be sent via IIOP. The value-field - is set to the atom undefined.</p> - <p>Own id: OTP-4295</p> - </item> - <item> - <p>The corba module now exports a function, print_object/1/2, which - prints IOR's in a more readable form.</p> - <p>Own id: OTP-4296</p> - </item> - </list> - </section> - - <section> - <title>Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions</title> - <list type="bulleted"> - <item> - <p>Since "all" ORB's accept ISO-8859-1 encoding of chars and strings, - Orber assumed that it could be used at all time to reduce the overhead. - The JDK-1.3 only accepts ISO 646:1991 IRV (US-ASCII), even though - ISO-8859-1 is default, which is why Orber now checks which codeset - is accepted.</p> - <p>Own Id: OTP-4298</p> - </item> - <item> - <p>When invoking a Locate Request, Orber in some cases did not reply - with a Locate Reply header (used a Reply header).</p> - <p>Own Id: OTP-4293</p> - </item> - </list> - </section> - </section> - - <section> - <title>Orber 3.2.11</title> - - <section> - <title>Improvements and New Features</title> - <list type="bulleted"> - <item> - <p>If the underlying OS was not configured to allow Erlang to use the - fully qualified host name the result could an incorrect IP-address. - Hence, if you want to upgrade to Orber-3.2.11 and the fully - qualified name must be used you must upgrade your kernel version. - Most likely, this change will NOT cause any problems, but if in doubt - please contact support or use the mailing-list. - See also the release notes for Orber-3.2.6.</p> - <p>Own id: OTP-3966</p> - </item> - </list> - </section> - - <section> - <title>Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions</title> - <list type="bulleted"> - <item> - <p>When looking up Initial Service (e.g. using <c>corbaloc</c>, - <c>corbaname</c> or <c>corba:resolve_initial_references_remote/2</c>) - and communicating via SSL, Orber used the wrong port number.</p> - <p>Own Id: OTP-4264</p> - </item> - </list> - </section> - </section> - - <section> - <title>Orber 3.2.10</title> - - <section> - <title>Improvements and New Features</title> - <list type="bulleted"> - <item> - <p>It is now possible to add new initial references, which can, - for example, be accessed via <c>corba:resolve_initial_references/1</c> - or the <c>corbaloc</c> schema.</p> - <p>Own Id: OTP-4258</p> - </item> - <item> - <p>The orber module now exports functions, <c>iiop_connections</c> - and <c>iiop_connections_pending</c>, which, respectively, list - all currently open connections to other ORB's and connections - which are in process of being set up to another ORB.</p> - <p>Own Id: OTP-4262</p> - </item> - <item> - <p>Orber now allows the user to define an interval of ports - which Orber is may use (i.e. ports on the local machine) - when trying to connect to another ORB. This behavior is useful - if Orber resides behind a firewall which only allow applications - to use certain ports when communicating with the outside world. - If this option is set, it is absolutely necessary to - set <c>iiop_connection_timeout</c>. If not, there is risk that - Orber run out of ports, which will result in communication failure. - This option cannot be used when using SSL since it does not support - this feature. The default behavior is that any available port - will be used (as before).</p> - <p>Own Id: OTP-4260</p> - </item> - <item> - <p>One can now install Orber's NameService as disc_copies, but - the default behavior is that Orber uses ram_copies.</p> - <p>Own Id: OTP-4259</p> - </item> - <item> - <p>A pre-compiled IIOP-trace interceptor is now - included in the Orber release. For more information, - see the <c>Debugging</c> chapter in the User's Guide.</p> - <p>Own Id: OTP-4257</p> - </item> - <item> - <p>It is now possible to set Orber's configuration parameters - in, for example, an Erlang shell. Consult <c>corba:orb_init/1</c> and - <c>orber:configure/2</c>.</p> - <p>Own Id: OTP-4261</p> - </item> - <item> - <p>The Orber release now include <c>OrberWeb</c>, which is an extension of - the <c>WebTool</c> application (first released in R8B). Hence, - <c>WebTool</c> must be installed to enable this feature. For more - information, see the chapter <c>OrberWeb</c> in the User's Guide. - <c>OrberWeb</c> is intended to be used during test and development.</p> - <p>Own Id: OTP-4257</p> - </item> - </list> - </section> - - <section> - <title>Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions</title> - <list type="bulleted"> - <item> - <p>When setting up two Orber ORB's, where one of the ORB's domain - name was a prefix of the other ORB's, communication via IIOP would fail. - To eliminate any further configuration problems, one may not - use <c>^G</c> (i.e. <c>"\\007"</c>) in the domain name. Due to this - change it is not possible to upgrade during run-time.</p> - <p>Own Id: OTP-4229</p> - </item> - <item> - <p>When using a mix of IIOP-versions (1.0 vs 1.1/1.2) and - sending/receiving IOR's to/from Orber could result in a - MARSHAL exception.</p> - <p>Own Id: OTP-4230</p> - </item> - <item> - <p>Encoding/decoding of wchar/wstring when using IIOP-1.2 do now - follow the OMG standard. If your ORB do not follow the - standard, contact support for information how to make a work-around - to solve this problem. In most cases it is sufficient to - configure the ORB's to communicate via IIOP-1.1.</p> - <p>Own Id: OTP-4263</p> - </item> - </list> - </section> - - <section> - <title>Incompatibilities</title> - <list type="bulleted"> - <item> - <p>The encoding/decoding of wchar/wstring when using IIOP-1.2 - have been updated. See above.</p> - <p>Own Id: OTP-4263</p> - </item> - <item> - <p>Orber no longer returns a 'EXIT' message when trying - to install Orber, i.e., invoking orber:install/1/2, - on a disc-less node. But if if the installation fails due - to any other reason, Orber still return a 'EXIT' message.</p> - <p>Own Id: OTP-4256</p> - </item> - </list> - </section> - - <section> - <title>Known bugs and problems</title> - <list type="bulleted"> - <item> - <p><c>OrberWeb</c> only tested with <c>Netscape-4.75</c>. Furthermore, - until <c>WebTool</c> reaches version 1.0 OrberWeb should also - be considered to be a beta version.</p> - <p>Own Id: OTP-4257</p> - </item> - <item> - <p><c>OrberWeb</c> do not escape arguments passed when, for example, - creating a new context. Hence, for now you are recommended to - only use letters.</p> - <p>Own Id: OTP-4257</p> - </item> - </list> - </section> - </section> - - <section> - <title>Orber 3.2.9</title> - - <section> - <title>Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions</title> - <list type="bulleted"> - <item> - <p>External IOR:s containing unsupported or incorrectly placed - TaggedComponents was corrupted when Orber forwarded the - IOR via IIOP. This bug was introduced in 3.2.6.</p> - <p>Own Id: OTP-4170</p> - </item> - </list> - </section> - </section> - - <section> - <title>Orber 3.2.8</title> - - <section> - <title>Improvements and New Features</title> - <list type="bulleted"> - <item> - <p>Orber now support interceptors.</p> - <p>Own Id: -</p> - </item> - </list> - </section> - </section> - - <section> - <title>Orber 3.2.7</title> - - <section> - <title>Improvements and New Features</title> - <list type="bulleted"> - <item> - <p>When Orber acted as server-side and communicating via IIOP the overhead - was unreasonably large and memory consuming (depended on the - IDL-specification). This have now been fixed and will, especially, - improve the performance when invoking operations with no, or simple, - arguments on a complex interface. This change will have little effect - on objects started as pseudo since this problem did not affect them.</p> - <p>Own Id: OTP-4063</p> - </item> - <item> - <p>When Orber tried to set up a connection to another ORB which did not - respond all IIOP access where blocked until the TCP protocol - generated a timeout. Now only requests to that particular ORB are - queued.</p> - <p>Own Id: OTP-4060</p> - </item> - </list> - </section> - - <section> - <title>Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions</title> - <list type="bulleted"> - <item> - <p>It was not possible to invoke the operation - CosNaming_BindingIterator:next_one via IIOP if no more bindings - existed.</p> - <p>Own id: OTP-4004</p> - </item> - </list> - </section> - </section> - - <section> - <title>Orber 3.2.6</title> - - <section> - <title>Improvements and New Features</title> - <list type="bulleted"> - <item> - <p>Registering data in the IFR overhead reduced.</p> - <p>Own id: OTP-3904</p> - </item> - <item> - <p>The overhead for the function <c>is_a/1</c> have been reduced, which also - affects remote <c>narrow</c> operations for inherited interfaces - (e.g. using Java or C++ ORBs).</p> - <p>Own id: OTP-3904</p> - </item> - <item> - <p>If the underlying OS was not configured to allow Erlang to - lookup the host-name by using the short-name the result was - always the IP-address 127.0.0.1 (loop-back). Now Orber uses - the full name. Hence, make sure the <c>net_adm:localhost/0</c> and - <c>inet:getaddr/2</c> return proper values.</p> - <p>Own id: OTP-3966</p> - </item> - </list> - </section> - - <section> - <title>Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions</title> - <list type="bulleted"> - <item> - <p>The CONV_FRAME_CodeSetComponentInfo struct was not placed - correctly in IOR:s. Each profile must be self-sustained - which is why this information must be duplicated in each - profile. Currently this only applies for the IIOP-profile - but will also concern future protocols.</p> - <p>Own id: OTP-3992</p> - </item> - </list> - </section> - </section> - - <section> - <title>Orber 3.2.5</title> - - <section> - <title>Improvements and New Features</title> - <list type="bulleted"> - <item> - <p>Orber now defines the configuration variable, - <c>iiop_setup_connection_timeout</c>, which makes it possible to - timeout connection attempts to another ORB before the OS TCP timeout - is activated.</p> - <p>Own id: OTP-3961</p> - </item> - <item> - <p>It is now possible to configure Orber to generate reports when abnormal - situations occurs. For more information consult the User's Guide - regarding the configuration parameter <c>orber_debug_level</c>. - Note, it is not recommended to use this option for delivered systems - since some of the reports is not to be considered as errors.</p> - <p>Own id: OTP-3962</p> - </item> - <item> - <p>Orber now accepts a list of addresses as value for the configuration - parameter <c>orbInitRef</c>.</p> - <p>Own id: OTP-3945</p> - </item> - <item> - <p>Orber now includes services defined by the configuration parameter - <c>orbInitRef</c> when invoking <c>corba:list_initial_services/0</c>.</p> - <p>Own id: OTP-3946</p> - </item> - </list> - </section> - - <section> - <title>Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions</title> - <list type="bulleted"> - <item> - <p>When using the configuration variable 'orbDefaultInitRef' with - a value pointing to another Orber-ORB it was not possible to - install Orber since Orber used to create default <c>NamingContexts</c>. - Orber no longer add these contexts.</p> - <p>Own id: OTP-3943</p> - </item> - <item> - <p>Orber accessed <c>corbaloc</c> addresses in reverse order. Now fixed.</p> - <p>Own id: OTP-3944</p> - </item> - </list> - </section> - - <section> - <title>Incompatibilities</title> - <list type="bulleted"> - <item> - <p>When installing Orber no default <c>NamingContext's</c>, i.e., - <c>host</c>, <c>hosts</c>, <c>resources</c>, <c>development</c>, - <c>factories</c> and <c>workgroup</c>, will be added. These contexts - was defined in a cancelled specification.</p> - <p>Own id: OTP-3942</p> - </item> - <item> - <p><c>corbaloc</c> addresses are now accessed in FIFO order (instead of - LIFO).</p> - <p>Own id: OTP-3944</p> - </item> - </list> - </section> - </section> - - <section> - <title>Orber 3.2.4</title> - - <section> - <title>Improvements and New Features</title> - <p>-</p> - </section> - - <section> - <title>Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions</title> - <list type="bulleted"> - <item> - <p>When communicating via IIOP using version 1.2 Orber used incorrect - offset for reply bodies containing system exceptions, exceptions and - location forward.</p> - <p>Own id: OTP-3912</p> - </item> - <item> - <p>Orber did not return correct IFR Id:s when raising system exceptions - via IIOP.</p> - <p>Own id: OTP-3911</p> - </item> - <item> - <p>If two different processes concurrently manipulated a - <c>CosNaming::NamingContext</c> the data could become corrupted. - For single-node Orber this error occurred in version 3.2.1, 3.2.2 and - 3.2.3. For multi-node Orber this behavior have been present at all time.</p> - <p>Own id: OTP-3910</p> - </item> - </list> - </section> - - <section> - <title>Incompatibilities</title> - <list type="bulleted"> - <item> - <p>Since Orber now returns a different, and correct, IFR-id for - systems exceptions other ORB:s and older versions of Orber - might raise a different exception, probably MARSHAL or UNKNOWN. - This only occurs when communicating via IIOP. It is not possible to - upgrade during runtime. Use <c>orber:stop()</c>, load new version and - restart Orber by invoking <c>orber:start()</c>.</p> - <p>Own id: OTP-3911</p> - </item> - </list> - </section> - </section> - - <section> - <title>Orber 3.2.3</title> - - <section> - <title>Improvements and New Features</title> - <list type="bulleted"> - <item> - <p>Improved performance for all types, simple and complex, when - communicating via IIOP. It is not possible to upgrade during - runtime. Use <c>orber:stop()</c>, load new version and restart - Orber by invoking <c>orber:start()</c>.</p> - <p>Own id: OTP-3905</p> - </item> - </list> - </section> - - <section> - <title>Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions</title> - <list type="bulleted"> - <item> - <p>If a pseudo object raises an exception or exits the exception - was only returned, not thrown.</p> - <p>Own id: OTP-3907</p> - </item> - <item> - <p>Orber defined an incorrect ID for CodeSets. This may cause - INV_OBJREF or DATA_CONVERSION exceptions to be thrown, it - depends on the other ORB.</p> - <p>Own id: OTP-3899</p> - </item> - </list> - </section> - </section> - - <section> - <title>Orber 3.2.2</title> - - <section> - <title>Improvements and New Features</title> - <list type="bulleted"> - <item> - <p>The behavior of Orber when receiving unsupported or incorrect - messages have now been improved.</p> - <p>Own id: OTP-3903</p> - </item> - <item> - <p>Time consumed by <c>oe_MyModule:oe_register()</c> decreased.</p> - <p>Own id: OTP-3904</p> - </item> - </list> - </section> - - <section> - <title>Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions</title> - <list type="bulleted"> - <item> - <p>When Orber received a 'location_forward' reply, the result - from the second invocation was never delivered to the - client. Now fixed.</p> - <p>Own id: OTP-3814</p> - </item> - </list> - </section> - </section> - - <section> - <title>Orber 3.2.1</title> - - <section> - <title>Improvements and New Features</title> - <list type="bulleted"> - <item> - <p>It is now possible to use external <c>NamingContexts</c> - when, for example, using - <c>'CosNaming_NamingContextExt':bind_context/3</c>.</p> - <p>Own id: OTP-3902</p> - </item> - </list> - </section> - </section> - - <section> - <title>Orber 3.2</title> - - <section> - <title>Improvements and New Features</title> - <list type="bulleted"> - <item> - <p>Orber now supports IIOP-version 1.2.</p> - <p>Own id: OTP-3901</p> - </item> - <item> - <p>Improved encoding and decoding performance for IIOP requests containing - <c>struct</c>, <c>union</c> or user defined <c>exceptions</c>.</p> - <p>Own id: OTP-3900</p> - </item> - </list> - </section> - - <section> - <title>Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions</title> - <list type="bulleted"> - <item> - <p>Setting the <c>bootstrap_port</c> configuration parameter to a value - less than 1024 made it impossible to start Orber properly. - Now fixed.</p> - <p>Own id: OTP-3898</p> - </item> - </list> - </section> - </section> - - <section> - <title>Orber 3.1.8</title> - - <section> - <title>Improvements and New Features</title> - <list type="bulleted"> - <item> - <p>Orber now accepts <c>Indirection/Repeated</c><c>CORBA::TypeCode</c> as input and/or - return value when communicating via IIOP.</p> - <p>Own id: -</p> - </item> - </list> - </section> - - <section> - <title>Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions</title> - <list type="bulleted"> - <item> - <p>When another ORB replied with <c>location forward</c> Orber - failed to decode this. Now fixed.</p> - <p>Own id: OTP-3709</p> - </item> - <item> - <p>Orber failed to encode <c>CORBA::TypeCode</c> containing <c>tk_alias</c>, e.g., - sending an <c>#any{}</c> which encapsulates data defined by <c>typedef</c>.</p> - <p>Own id: OTP-3689</p> - </item> - </list> - </section> - </section> - - <section> - <title>Orber 3.1.7</title> - - <section> - <title>Improvements and New Features</title> - <list type="bulleted"> - <item> - <p>Earlier, Orber did not use the IIOP/GIOP version specified - in an external object key when invoking an intra-ORB request.</p> - <p>Own id: OTP-3663</p> - </item> - <item> - <p>The OMG standard now support an Interoperable Naming Service. - Initially there where two proposals of which Orber earlier - supported one of them. Now both standards are supported.</p> - <p>Own id: OTP-3664</p> - </item> - <item> - <p>The OMG have redefined the operator, used when encoding requests via IIOP, - for the function <c>corba_object:non_existent/1</c>. CORBA version 2.0 and - 2.2 compliant ORB:s is supposed to support the old definition, while - later versions, i.e., 2.3, is supposed to use the new operator - (<c>_non_existent</c> instead of <c>_not_existent</c>). Orber accepts - both versions.</p> - <p>Own id: OTP-3679</p> - </item> - </list> - </section> - - <section> - <title>Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions</title> - <list type="bulleted"> - <item> - <p>If an Orber node crashed and was restarted the object keys could - point to other processes than it should, which may cause problems if, - for example, the other process terminates due to it does not handle - unknown messages. Now Orber GC object keys for objects residing on the - crashed node. If Orber is started as a multi-node ORB of which one or - more nodes runs an older Orber version they can still communicate but - with an increased overhead. Hence, all nodes should be upgraded during - a relatively short time. If Orber is stopped, i.e., orber:stop() or - a shutdown is generated, objects residing on that node will be terminated.</p> - <p>Own id: OTP-3678</p> - </item> - <item> - <p>If an IDL-file contains two interfaces of which the first one - contains an exception and the second interface, which inherits the first - one, contain an operation which raises this exception the IFR - failed since multiple references where found when invoking - orber_ifr:lookup_id/2. Now fixed.</p> - <p>Own id: OTP-3665</p> - </item> - </list> - </section> - - <section> - <title>Incompatibilities</title> - <list type="bulleted"> - <item> - <p>To be able to start Orber as lightweight the mnesia application - cannot be listed in the "orber.app" file. You might find it - necessary to add 'mnesia' to the applications-list. - For example, you cannot upgrade an older version - of Orber (not started as lightweight) to this version without - adding mnesia to the application dependencies list.</p> - <p>Own id: OTP-3666</p> - </item> - <item> - <p>The function <c>corba_object:non_existent/1</c> have been updated - to follow the CORBA 2.3 standard. Hence, Intra-ORB communication - with ORB:s not supporting this standard will fail. The operation - <c>corba_object:not_existent/1</c> allow users to use the old standard. - Consult the ORB vendor's documentation to decide which function to use.</p> - <p>Own id: OTP-3679</p> - </item> - </list> - </section> - </section> - - <section> - <title>Orber 3.1.6</title> - - <section> - <title>Improvements and New Features</title> - <list type="bulleted"> - <item> - <p>Cosmetic update of internal functions.</p> - <p>Own id: -</p> - </item> - </list> - </section> - </section> - - <section> - <title>Orber 3.1.5</title> - - <section> - <title>Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions</title> - <list type="bulleted"> - <item> - <p>When decoding TypeCode for an object reference, e.g., as a part of - an #any{}, Orber failed. This is no longer the case. </p> - <p>Own id: OTP-3631</p> - </item> - </list> - </section> - </section> - - <section> - <title>Orber 3.1.4</title> - - <section> - <title>Improvements and New Features</title> - <list type="bulleted"> - <item> - <p>The function <c>start_lightweight/1</c> have been added to the - <c>orber</c> module. This function allow us to start orber as - lightweight without, or override, the configuration parameter - <c>-orber lightweight</c>.</p> - <p>Own id: -</p> - </item> - <item> - <p>A new configuration parameter, 'iiop_connection_timeout Secs', is now - available. This parameter's purpose, is to terminate the socket - connection on the client side if a time span of Secs seconds have passed. - The connection will, however, NOT be terminated if a client still waits - for a reply. For the last scenario to happen, the client have been - configured to use a larger timeout value than the configuration - parameter 'iiop_connection_timeout' have been set to.</p> - <p>Own id: -</p> - </item> - <item> - <p>Up until now, invoking an an operation with an extra Timeout parameter - (using the IC option: ic:gen(IdlFile, [{timeout,"module::interface"}])), - only applied to local Objects. Now, using the IC option above, when - compiling the stubs, and adding the extra Timeout parameter, a timeout - will also be triggered when calling Objects residing on other ORB:s. - The return value, after a timeout has been triggered, have changed from - an EXIT message to raising the system exception COMM_FAILURE. For more - information, about how this feature interacts with the configuration - parameter 'iiop_timeout', consult the documentation.</p> - <p>Own id: -</p> - </item> - <item> - <p>When using invalid intra-ORB configuration, i.e., incorrect - Port/IP-address, when trying to connect to another ORB, - a CRASH REPORT was generated if the configuration - parameter '-boot start_sasl' was used. This behavior has now changed.</p> - <p>Own id: -</p> - </item> - </list> - </section> - - <section> - <title>Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions</title> - <list type="bulleted"> - <item> - <p>If a client-side ORB terminated the IIOP connection immediately there - was a possibility that the server responsible detecting this did not.</p> - <p>Own id: OTP-3593</p> - </item> - <item> - <p>Setting the configuration parameter 'iiop_timeout' did not result in a - correct behavior, i.e., no timeout triggered.</p> - <p>Own id: OTP-3555</p> - </item> - </list> - </section> - - <section> - <title>Incompatibilities</title> - <list type="bulleted"> - <item> - <p>When using the IC option, ic:gen(IdlFile, [{timeout,"module::interface"}]), - an EXIT was the timeout result. Now, the system exception COMM_FAILURE is - raised.</p> - </item> - </list> - </section> - </section> - - <section> - <title>Orber 3.1.3</title> - - <section> - <title>Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions</title> - <list type="bulleted"> - <item> - <p>Orber did not ignore unrecognized TaggedProfiles. Other vendors may have - registered own TAG's with the OMG. These TAG's are valid but not - necessarily handled by other vendors.</p> - <p>Own id: OTP-3514</p> - </item> - <item> - <p>When passing Object references over IIOP, decoding local references could - fail. Now fixed.</p> - <p>Own id: OTP-3515</p> - </item> - </list> - </section> - </section> - - <section> - <title>Orber 3.1.2</title> - - <section> - <title>Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions</title> - <list type="bulleted"> - <item> - <p>Previously the OMG have published two suggestions for <c>Interoperable Name Service</c>, - of which, the <c>CORBA 3</c> specify <c>orbos/98-10-11</c> to be implemented. - Unfortunately, the Interoperable Name Service Orber supports, is the one not chosen. - Hence, the <c>InitialReferences.idl</c> will not be according to the future standard. - The modules name is now changed from <c>CORBA</c> to <c>Orber</c>. This will affect - code which are using this interface. The idl specification must be recompiled and - then <c>CORBA</c> must be changed to <c>Orber</c> in the client.</p> - <p>Own id: OTP-3468, OTP-3155</p> - </item> - <item> - <p>Now possible to run oe_unregister when the IDL-specification contains - exceptions correctly.</p> - <p>Own Id: OTP-3447</p> - </item> - <item> - <p>Now possible to run oe_unregister when the IDL-specification contains - attributes.</p> - <p>Own Id: OTP-3439</p> - </item> - </list> - </section> - - <section> - <title>Incompatibilities</title> - <p>The change in <c>InitialReferences.idl</c> to clash with the Corba standard implies changes - in code that use this interface. See the OTP-3468 and OTP-3155 in the <c>Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions</c> - chapter above.</p> - </section> - </section> - - <section> - <title>Orber 3.1.1</title> - - <section> - <title>Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions</title> - <list type="bulleted"> - <item> - <p>When introducing the configuration parameter <c>ip_address</c> - it was no longer possible to have the same default behavior - as before. Now fixed.</p> - <p>Own Id: OTP-3431</p> - </item> - <item> - <p>The internal request number handling never checked if maximum reached. - Now the counter restart at 0 after reaching max.</p> - <p>Own Id: OTP-3415</p> - </item> - <item> - <p>Orber did not handle locate-requests correctly, i.e., not able to - recognize the new internal representation of object references.</p> - <p>Own Id: OTP-3414</p> - </item> - </list> - </section> - </section> - - <section> - <title>Orber 3.1</title> - - <section> - <title>Improvements and New Features</title> - <list type="bulleted"> - <item> - <p>It is now possible to start Orber as lightweight.</p> - <p>Own Id: -</p> - </item> - <item> - <p>It is now possible to create pseudo objects, i.e., not server objects.</p> - <p>Own Id: -</p> - </item> - <item> - <p>One new system exception introduced; 'BAD_QOS'.</p> - <p>Own Id: -</p> - </item> - <item> - <p>Orber now supports the types 'long long' and 'unsigned long long'</p> - <p>Own Id: -</p> - </item> - </list> - </section> - - <section> - <title>Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions</title> - <list type="bulleted"> - <item> - <p>Encoding typecode for complex exceptions (non-empty body) was not done - correctly.</p> - <p>Own Id: OTP-3390</p> - </item> - <item> - <p>orber_iiop_pm crashed when it received an 'EXIT'. Now fixed.</p> - <p>Own Id: OTP-3391</p> - </item> - </list> - </section> - </section> - - <section> - <title>Orber 3.0.1</title> - - <section> - <title>Improvements and New Features</title> - <list type="bulleted"> - <item> - <p>Orber is now able to handle upgrade properly.</p> - <p>Own Id: -</p> - </item> - </list> - </section> - </section> - - <section> - <title>Orber 3.0</title> - - <section> - <title>Improvements and New Features</title> - <list type="bulleted"> - <item> - <p>It is now possible to use secure IIOP connections to and from Orber. - Orber currently only supports security with the help of SSL and not SECIOP.</p> - <p>Own Id: OTP-1510</p> - </item> - <item> - <p>It is now possible to start Orber objects as supervisor children using - Module_Interface:oe_create_link/2 or corba:create_link/4 as the start function.</p> - <p>Own Id: -</p> - </item> - <item> - <p>It is now possible to start a Orber object and be able to tell apart if it is in - the process of being restarted or has permanently terminated. This is also the reason - for introducing <c>objectkeys_gc_time</c> configuration parameter.</p> - <p>Own Id: -</p> - </item> - <item> - <p>The service CosEvent has been removed from orber and become its own application, called cosEvent.</p> - <p>Own Id: -</p> - </item> - <item> - <p>The service CosTransactions is now available as a separate application, called cosTransactions.</p> - <p>Own Id: OTP-1741</p> - </item> - <item> - <p>Three new system exceptions, 'TRANSACTION_REQUIRED', 'TRANSACTION_ROLLEDBACK' - and 'INVALID_TRANSACTION', introduced. Required by the cosTransactions application.</p> - <p>Own Id: -</p> - </item> - <item> - <p>An configuration variable ip_address has been added, so it's possible - to listen on a specific ip interface on a multi interface host. - The value is the ip address as a string or a tuple of four integers, - default value is all interfaces.</p> - <p>Own Id: OTP-3294</p> - </item> - </list> - </section> - - <section> - <title>Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions</title> - <list type="bulleted"> - <item> - <p>set- and get-operations for the 'any'-module now behaves properly.</p> - <p>Own Id: OTP-3355</p> - </item> - <item> - <p>Orber can now handle IORs which contain more than one "Tagged Profile".</p> - <p>Own Id: OTP-3266</p> - </item> - </list> - </section> - - <section> - <title>Incompatibilities</title> - <list type="bulleted"> - <item> - <p>CosEvent include paths have changed since it is now a separate application, called cosEvent.</p> - </item> - <item> - <p>The internal representation of object references have changed. Orber do, however, - recognize the old representation. But object references (created by Orber 2.2.2 or older) - stored and used through several Orber upgrades may not be supported.</p> - </item> - <item> - <p>The functions oe_create/2 and oe_create_link/2 now take an - options list as its second argument. Orber still allow - oe_create*(Env, {Type,RegName}) to be used, but may not in future releases.</p> - </item> - </list> - </section> - </section> -</chapter> - diff --git a/lib/orber/doc/src/part_notes.xml b/lib/orber/doc/src/part_notes.xml index 0ff4453d8c..10b3a64373 100644 --- a/lib/orber/doc/src/part_notes.xml +++ b/lib/orber/doc/src/part_notes.xml @@ -30,8 +30,6 @@ <description> <p>The Orber Application is an Erlang implementation of a CORBA Object Request Broker.</p> - <p>For information about older versions see - <url href="part_notes_history_frame.html">release notes history</url>.</p> </description> <xi:include href="notes.xml"/> </part> |