Bug 611

Summary: Implement a "Resolver_Registry"
Product: TAO Reporter: Ossama Othman <ossama.othman>
Component: ORBAssignee: DOC Center Support List (internal) <tao-support>
Status: NEW ---    
Severity: enhancement    
Priority: P3    
Version: 1.1.5   
Hardware: All   
OS: All   
Bug Depends on:    
Bug Blocks: 394, 610    

Description Ossama Othman 2000-07-12 15:37:26 CDT 
A "resolver registry" is needed to allow services to dynamically register 
themselved with the ORB's resolve_initial_references() mechanism.  The same 
registry could also be used for list_initial_services() and 
get_service_information().  The resolver registery would simply implement the 
Chain of Responsibility design pattern in much the same way TAO's pluggable 
protocol Acceptor Registry implements it.
Comment 1 Ossama Othman 2000-07-12 15:38:20 CDT 
Such a feature would be very useful for TAO's in-progress CORBA Security 
Service implementation.
Comment 2 Ossama Othman 2000-07-12 15:39:00 CDT 
Accepted.
Comment 3 Ossama Othman 2000-07-14 13:44:40 CDT 
The ORB::resolve_root_poa() method should be removed since it is a non-standard 
public method.
Comment 4 Ossama Othman 2000-07-17 15:50:51 CDT 
Nevermind.  The resolve_root_poa() is an extension, but TAO has many other 
useful extensions.  Removing it from the ORB interface just because it isn't 
a "standard" ORB method is not a compelling enough reason.  Thanks to Irfan for 
pointing this out.
Comment 5 Carlos O'Ryan 2000-09-16 18:19:45 CDT 
Ossama has almost completed this job, assing the bug to him so it can be clear
when he commits the changes.
Comment 6 Ossama Othman 2000-09-18 16:27:51 CDT 
Close to being done.
Comment 7 Ossama Othman 2000-10-13 18:47:12 CDT 
It turns out this functionality is actually defined in the PortableInterceptor
specification (see the "Dynamic Initial References" section).

I'm going to hold off on any further implementation until we figure out if we're
going to implement that feature.
Comment 8 Ossama Othman 2000-11-20 12:58:45 CST 
The PortableInterceptor::ORBInitInfo::register_initial_reference() has been 
implemented, but there may still be some use for pluggable resolvers afterall.