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Official Specifications for CORBA support in Java[tm] SE 6</h1>

<h2>
Specification References</h2>
The specifications with which the Java[tm] Platform, Standard Edition (Java SE) v.1.6.0
 ORB complies are as follows.  If these links do not take you to the referenced
 specification, the OMG may have changed the URL, and you can link to <a
href="http://www.omg.org/">www.omg.org</a> to search for the correct specification.
<ul>
<li>
CORBA 2.3.1 (<a
href="http://www.omg.org/cgi-bin/doc?formal/99-10-07">formal/99-10-07</a>)</li>

<li>
IDL to Java language mapping (<a
href="http://www.omg.org/cgi-bin/doc?ptc/00-01-08">ptc/00-01-08</a>)</li>

<li>Revised IDL to Java language mapping (<a
href="http://www.omg.org/cgi-bin/doc?ptc/00-11-03">ptc/00-11-03</a>)</li>

<li>
Java to IDL language mapping (<a
href="http://www.omg.org/cgi-bin/doc?ptc/00-01-06">ptc/00-01-06</a>)</li>

<li>
Interoperable Naming Service (<a
href="http://www.omg.org/cgi-bin/doc?ptc/00-08-07">ptc/00-08-07</a>)</li>

<li>
Portable Interceptors (<a
href="http://www.omg.org/cgi-bin/doc?ptc/2001-03-04">ptc/2001-03-04</a>)</li>
</ul>
These are the only specifications referenced by this document.


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Supported Specification Details</h2>
Not all of the above specifications are currently implemented in the ORB
in Java[tm] SE 6. The precise list of supported sections is as follows:
<ul>
<li>
CORBA 2.3.1 chapters 1-3 and 6-9</li>

<li>Revised IDL to Java language mapping, section 1.21.8.2, the <tt>orb.properties</tt>
file.</li>

<li>
CORBA 2.3.1 chapter 4 with the following replacements from the Portable
Interceptors specification:</li>

	<ul>
	<li>
	section 4.2.3.5 <TT>destroy</TT></li>

	<li>
	section 4.5.2 <TT>CodeFactory</TT> and <TT>PICurrent</TT> are required</li>

	<li>
	Section 4.5.3.4 as updated for <TT>register_initial_reference</TT></li>
	</ul>

<li>
CORBA 2.3.1 chapter 5 with the following update from the Portable Interceptors
specification:</li>

	<ul>
	<li>
	5.5.2 <TT>StringSeq</TT> and <TT>WStringSeq</TT> are required. This adds the
following
	classes
	to <TT>org.omg.CORBA</TT>:</li>

	<ul>
	<li>
	<TT>StringSeqHolder</TT></li>

	<li>
	<TT>StringSeqHelper</TT></li>

	<li>
	<TT>WStringSeqHolder</TT></li>

	<li>
	<TT>WStringSeqHelper</TT></li>
	</ul>
</ul>

<li>
CORBA 2.3.1 sections 10.6.1 and 10.6.2 are supported for repository IDs.</li>

<li>
CORBA 2.3.1 section 10.7 for <TT>TypeCode</TT> APIs.</li>

<li>
CORBA 2.3.1 chapter 11, Portable Object Adapter (POA), with the following updates from the Portable Interceptors specification:</li>

<ul>
<li>
Section 11.3.7 POAs must preserve all policies</li>

<li>
Section 11.3.8.2 again states that POAs must preserve all policies</li>

<li>
Section 11.3.8.26 <tt>POA::id</tt> is required.</li>
</ul>

<li>
CORBA 2.3.1 chapters 13 and 15 define GIOP 1.0, 1.1, and 1.2. The Java SE 6
ORB fully supports all versions of GIOP, with the exception that the bi-directional
GIOP feature defined in sections 15.8 and 15.9 is not supported.</li>

<li>
All of the Interoperable Naming Service is supported.</li>

<li>
Portable Interceptors section 13.8 (the new <TT>Coder</TT>/<TT>Decoder</TT> interfaces)
and
all of chapter 21 (the interceptor specification).</li>

<li>Section 1.21.8 of the Revised IDL to Java Language Mapping Specification (ptc/00-11-03)
has been changed from the version in the  IDL to Java Language Mapping Specification (ptc/00-01-08).</li>
</ul>

<h2>
Tools</h2>

<ul>
<li>
The IDL to Java compiler (<TT>idlj</TT>) complies with:</li>

<ul>
<li>
CORBA 2.3.1 chapter 3 (IDL definition)</li>

<li>
CORBA 2.3.1 chapters 5 and 6 (semantics of Value types)</li>

<li>
CORBA 2.3.1 section 10.6.5 (pragmas)</li>

<li>
The IDL to Java mapping specification</li>

<li>
The Revised IDL to Java language mapping specification section 1.12.1 "local interfaces"</li>
</ul>

<li>
The Java to IDL compiler (the IIOP backend for <tt>rmic</tt>) complies with:</li>

<ul>
<li>
CORBA 2.3.1 chapters 5 and 6 (value types)</li>

<li>
The Java to IDL language mapping. Note that this implicitly references
section 1.21 of the IDL to Java language mapping</li>

<li>
IDL generated by the <tt>-idl</tt> flag complies with CORBA 2.3.1 chapter 3.</li>
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