7.9 Naming Services

<..class IDLnaming ..>

import org.omg.CORBA.*;
import org.omg.CosNaming.*;
import org.omg.PortableServer.*;

class IDLNaming{
     ORB orb;
     NamingContextExt nameService;

   <.initiate client and server naming servises .>

   void rebind( String name, IDLservant servant)
                                           throws Exception {
     <.refServant = ....>
     NameComponent [] path = nameService.to_name( name );
     nameService.rebind(path, refServant);
   }

   org.omg.CORBA.Object lookup( String name) throws Exception {
      return nameService.resolve_str(name);
   }

   IDLinterface narrow ( org.omg.CORBA.Object obj )
                                              throws Exception {
     return  IDLinterfaceHelper.narrow( obj );
   }
}

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org.omg.CORBA.Object	resolve_str(String name)

NameComponent[]	to_name(String name)	converts a name into an array of components

String	to_string(NameComponent[] path)	an inverse of to_name

String	to_url(String addr, String name)	creates a URL based “iiopname://” format name