Chapter 6. Interoperable Naming Service

The CORBA naming service is used by clients to locate CORBA objects and by servers to advertise specific CORBA objects. It plays the role of a bootstrap service, enabling clients to find other services and facilitating initial connections between clients and servers.

The basic function of the naming service is the association of names with object references. A server creates associations between names and object references for those CORBA objects that are intended to serve as initial points of contact. A client that knows the name of an object can then retrieve its object reference by querying the naming service.

The naming service is available in two major versions:

  • The original CORBA Naming Service. ...

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