Specifying Values for Initial References
The API associated with the initialization service tells you how an application can get hold of initial object references. It says nothing, however, about where these object references come from or how to specify their values to the ORB. This question is left as an implementation detail for the ORB vendor. Different ORBs will let you set initial references in different ways. Typically, the values are stored in a configuration file that is accessible to the application.
Irrespective of the approach used, the existence of a standard API for the initialization service means that application code remains independent of the ORB configuration mechanism.
In addition to an unspecified mechanism for setting default ...
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