[4] ALPHABETICAL LIST OF ALL FAQS
(Part of the CORBA FAQ, Copyright © 1996-99)

WHAT FAQS START WITH “A” ?

• About Jim Watson [1.4]
• About Lester Claudio [1.3]
• About Marshall Cline [1.5]
• About Mike Girou [1.6]
• About Rob Appelbaum [1.2]
• Alphabetical List of All FAQs [4]
• An Any Seems Very Dynamic, So What’s a Dynamic Any? [38.5]
• Any [38]
• Application Architectures [21]
• Architectural Choices — Concurrent vs. Distributed vs. Decoupled [18] [under construction]
• Are all Distributed Objects CORBA Objects? [9.2]
• Are Application Threading and Asynchronous Communication related? [19.3]
• Are IORs obtained in the Same Manner as Object References? [44.2]
• Are remote invocations blocking operations? [11.4]
• Are there any other activation policies for CORBA objects? [41.3]
• Are there different threading models that can be used within CORBA servers? [20.4]
• Are there Important Forms of Asynchronous Communication that Aren’t Supported Directly by CORBA? [19.4]
• Are there more than one type of Event Service? [47.2]
• Are there reasons to avoid the development of multi-threaded CORBA applications ? [20.5]
• Asynchronous Communications [19]
• Asynchronous Messaging Interface [55]
• Authors, Copyright, Permissions, Intended Audience, Navigation [1]

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WHAT FAQS START WITH “B” ?

• Basic CORBA Architecture [28]
• BOA [41]
• But how does my program use an IOR? [22.25]

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WHAT FAQS START WITH “C” ?

• Can an Application refer to Objects implemented with Multiple CORBA Products? [44.3]
• Can CORBA Allow Servers to cause Client Side Events or Notifications? [17.1]
• Can CORBA applications be multi-threaded? [20.1]
• Can CORBA Applications be Tuned for Better Performance? [25.1]
• Can CORBA Applications Have Callbacks? [21.3]
• Can CORBA be integrated with XML? [57.1]
• Can CORBA Objects be accessed by Web Based Applications? [16.1]
• Can CORBA Vendors Simplify Interoperability and the Process of Obtaining Other Vendor’s Object References? [44.4]
• Can dead locks occur between CORBA servers? [11.5]
• Can Distributed Computing Enhance my Performance? [8.1]
• Can Distributed Computing solve Business Problems? [8.3]
• Can I federate Notification Channels? [48.7]
• Choosing between CORBA and DCE [13]
• Choosing between CORBA and DCOM [12]
• Choosing between CORBA and EJB [14]
• Copying Permissions [1.9]
• Copyright Notice [1.7]
• CORBA Acronyms [59]
• CORBA and XML [57]
• CORBA Objects [29]

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WHAT FAQS START WITH “D” ?

• Do All Types Have a Typecode? [39.2]
• Do any Client/Server Limitations exist with CORBA? [11.2]
• Do Common Application Architectures Exist? [21.2]
• Do Different CORBA Implementations Perform at Significantly Different Levels? [25.2]
• Do I program in IDL? [31.2]
• Does an IOR have a Defined Format and, if so, Why? [22.19]
• Does CORBA define High Level Application Architectures? [21.1]
• Does CORBA have support for C++ virtual functions? [31.6]
• Does CORBA support Asynchronous Communication? [19.2]
• Does CORBA support distributed reference counting architectures? [24.3]
• Does my implementation need to use Inheritance just because my IDL intrerface uses Inheritance? [31.4]
• Does the CORBA specification define any specific capabilities for a factory object? [23.3]
• Does the POA Affect Clients? [42.3]
• Does the POA Affect Servers? [42.4]
• Dynamic Invocation [36]
• Dynamic Skeleton Interface [37]

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WHAT FAQS START WITH “E” ?

• Event Service [47]

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WHAT FAQS START WITH “F” ?

• Factories and Factory Finders [23]
• Firewall Specification [56] [under construction]
• “For a Given POA”, Can There be More Than One? [42.8]
• For How Long is an Object Reference Valid? [22.3]
• Four Different Ways to Navigate the CORBA FAQ [1.14]

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WHAT FAQS START WITH “G” ?

• Great. What other Surprises are there with is_equivalent()? [22.9]

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WHAT FAQS START WITH “H” ?

• How are CORBA Objects Defined? [29.1]
• How are Distributed Objects actually implemented? [9.4]
• How are Multiple POAs Distinguished? [42.9]
• How are Multiple POAs Organized? [42.10]
• How are Object References declared in C? [22.15]
• How are Object References handled in C++? [22.16]
• How are object references obtained by applications? [33.1]
• How are the skeleton and implementation object combined? [32.2]
• How can CORBA enable Client/Server Communication? [11.1]
• How can I find out about general netiquette so I don’t embarrass myself? [7.1]
• How can I get a Copy of all the HTML files of the CORBA FAQ so I can read them Off-Line? [1.15]
• How can I get a Copy of all the “plaintext” files of the CORBA FAQ so I can read them Off-Line? [1.16]
• How Can I Use OBV? [54.2]
• How do I Compare References? [22.8]
• How do I define Notification Events? [48.6]
• How do I express Aggregation in IDL? [31.5]
• How Do I Get an Object’s Typecode [39.5]
• How do I get comp.object.corba to do my homework problem for me? [7.3]
• How do I get the FAQs for a particular newsgroup? [7.9]
• How Do I Migrate from BOA to POA? [42.17]
• How do I post a question about code that doesn’t work correctly? [7.7]
• How do I use a NameContext? [46.2]
• How does a CORBA Object provide its services? [32.1]
• How does a ORB support Static Invocation Interface? [35.3]
• How does a Request Get to the Right POA and Right Servant? [42.15]
• How Does a Value Type Differ from an Interface Type? [54.6]
• How Does an Any Represent its Runtime Type? [38.2]
• How does CORBA relate to doing Internet/Intranet Applications? [16]
• How does CORBA Support Interoperability? [26.2]
• How does the Notification Service extend the Event Service? [48.3]
• How does the Notification Service work? [48.2]
• How does the POA Benefit Non-Distributed Objects? [42.5]
• How Does the POA Make the Association Between Servants and CORBA Objects? [42.7]
• How Does the POA Manage Object Lifecycle? [42.6]
• How does the POA Support Object Relocation? [42.16]
• How is a Distributed Database related to Distributed Computing? [8.2]
• How Real/Mature is CORBA? [15]
• How to do Client/Server with CORBA [11]
• How to do Notification with CORBA [17]

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WHAT FAQS START WITH “I” ?

• I need a CORBA ORB? Where can I get one? [11.3]
• I use DCE products; Why should I use CORBA and not DCE? [13.1]
• I use Microsoft products; Why should I use CORBA and not DCOM? [12.1]
• I want to be an expert. How do I Stringify an Object Reference? [22.5]
• If you’re only going to use Java, is CORBA excessive? [10.6]
• IIOP [44]
• In addition to these FAQs, what other useful URLs might I be interested in? [7.10]
• In What Cases Do I Need a Value Type? [54.5]
• Initialization Service [45]
• Interface Definition Language (IDL) [31]
• Interface Repository [40]
• Interoperability — Details [43]
• Interoperability Overview [26]
• Is CORBA more Mature than DCE? [13.3]
• Is CORBA more Mature than DCOM? [12.3]
• Is CORBA more Mature than EJB? [14.3]
• Is CORBA {better,worse} than {DCOM,COM+,Java RMI,DCE,etc}? [10.4]
• Is IDL a Specification Language, an Implementation Language, or Both? [31.3]
• Is it true that CORBA IDL can specify inheritance but not “virtual” methods? [31.7]
• Is that All of the Bad News about is_equivalent()? [22.10]
• Is there a CORBA Reading List? [58.1]
• Is there an alternative to distributed reference counting architectures? [24.5]

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WHAT FAQS START WITH “L” ?

• Language Mappings [34]
• Lifecycle Service [49]

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WHAT FAQS START WITH “M” ?

• Miscellaneous Issues [27]
• “Morality” in addition to just “Legality” [1.12]
• Multi-threaded Architectures [20]
• Must I choose between DCE and CORBA? [13.2]
• Must I choose between DCOM and CORBA? [12.2]
• Must I choose between EJB and CORBA? [14.2]

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WHAT FAQS START WITH “N” ?

• Name Service [46]
• Netiquette when posting to comp.object.corba [7]
• No Warranty [1.8]
• Notification Service [48]

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WHAT FAQS START WITH “O” ?

• Object References — Details [33]
• Object References [22]
• Object Transaction Service [50]
• Objects By Value (OBV) [54]
• Okay, okay, but now tell the truth: Is CORBA {better,worse} than {DCOM,COM+,Java RMI,DCE,etc}? [10.5]
• Okay, so Why Not Use Anys All the Time? [38.4]

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WHAT FAQS START WITH “P” ?

• Performance Issues [25]
• Persistent Object Service [52]
• Persistent State Service [53]
• POA [42]
• Pseudo Objects [30]

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WHAT FAQS START WITH “R” ?

• Reading List [58]
• Recent Changes [6]
• Reference Counting Architectures [24]

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WHAT FAQS START WITH “S” ?

• Should all my Objects be Distributed? [9.5]
• Should I use Underscores (“_”) in the Names of Interfaces and/or Methods? [27.1]
• Skeletons and Implementation Objects [32]
• So why don’t we just Compare Stringified References? [22.11]
• So, how real/mature is CORBA? [15.1]
• Static Invocation [35]
• Subject Index [5]

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WHAT FAQS START WITH “T” ?

• Table of Contents — Exhaustive [3]
• Table of Contents — Overview [2]
• The Authors (Alphabetically) [1.1]
• The CORBA FAQ — Frequently Asked Questions [0]
• Then why did you just Drag us through the Mud? [22.14]
• There are a lot of Acronyms in CORBA. What do they mean? [59.1]
• This Expert Stuff isn’t so tough. What about Stringifying an IOR? [22.26]
• This sounds Too Complicated. Should I just learn DCOM instead? [22.12]
• Trademarks [1.10]
• Trader Service [51]
• Tutorial [1.13]
• Typecode [39]

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WHAT FAQS START WITH “U” ?

• Under what conditions is DII appropriate? [36.2]
• Under what conditions is DSI appropriate? [37.2]

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WHAT FAQS START WITH “W” ?

• What Advantages does CORBA provide? [10.2]
• What Advantages does DCOM have over CORBA? [12.4]
• What are CORBA Pseudo Objects? [30.1]
• What are Objects By Value? [54.1]
• What are some typical types of factories? [23.2]
• What are the Current Language Mappings for CORBA? [34.2]
• What are the Four BOA Activation Policies for a CORBA Server? [41.2]
• What are the IDL Interfaces defined within the COSNaming Module? [46.1]
• What are the POA Polices? [42.13]
• What are the Semantics of the POA Hierarchy? [42.11]
• What are the Typecodes for the Built-in IDL Types? [39.3]
• What are the Typecodes for the User-Defined Types? [39.4]
• What Capabilities do CORBA Objects Possess? [29.2]
• What do I do if someone else posts a question that’s already in the FAQ? [7.5]
• What does IMHO mean? (or IMO, IMNSHO, FWIW, OTOH, etc.)? [7.2]
• What Does OBV Really Provide? [54.3]
• What does the Quality of Service give me? [48.4]
• What if I Do Not Know the Name of the Object? [46.3]
• What if I want a Persistent Reference? [22.4]
• What if I want to invoke Methods on an Object in another ORB? [22.18]
• What is a Distributed Object? [9.1]
• What is a distributed reference counting architecture? [24.1]
• What is a Factory? [23.1]
• What is a Good IDL Interface? [31.8]
• What is a Language Mapping? [34.1]
• What is a Profile? [22.22]
• What is a Servant Manager? [42.14]
• What is a Tag? [22.21]
• What is a Typecode? [39.1]
• What is a Value Type? [54.4]
• What is an Abstract Value Type? [54.7]
• What is an Any? [38.1]
• What is an IOR? [44.1]
• What is an Object Reference? [22.1]
• What is important for Interoperability besides IIOP? [43.1]
• What is Interoperability? [26.1]
• What is Notification Service? [48.1]
• What is the basic CORBA architecture? [28.1]
• What is the Basic Functionality provided by CORBA? [10.1]
• What is the BOA? [41.1]
• What is the chain of recently updated FAQs? [6.1]
• What is the deferred synchronous invocation? [36.3]
• What is the Difference between the two Types of Profiles? [22.23]
• What is the Dynamic Skeleton Interface? [37.1]
• What is the Event Service? [47.1]
• What is the Format of an IOR? [22.20]
• What is the Format of an Object Reference? [22.6]
• What is the Initialization Service? [45.1]
• What is the Interface Repository? [40.1]
• What is the Interoperable Name Service (INS)? [46.4]
• What is the POA? [42.1]
• What is the purpose of IDL? [31.1]
• What is the purpose of the Asynchronous Messaging Interface? [55.1]
• What is the purpose of the COS Trader Service? [51.1]
• What is the purpose of the Lifecycle Service? [49.1]
• What is the purpose of the Object Transaction Service? [50.1]
• What is the purpose of the Persistent Object Service? [52.1]
• What is the purpose of the Persistent State Service? [53.1]
• What is the quality of service provided by the Event Service? [47.3]
• What is the Static Invocation Interface? [35.1]
• What is the Static Invocation Interface? [36.1]
• What makes a good “Subject:” line? [7.6]
• What other types of Distributed Systems does CORBA compete with? [10.3]
• What problems might be associated with a distributed reference counting architecture? [24.4]
• What should I do if I see someone else posting a homework problem? [7.4]
• What the Intended Audience Looks Like [1.11]
• What Types of Performance should I be Concerned With? [25.3]
• What updates were made to the CORBA FAQ for the 1996-08 (Aug 1996) release? [6.14]
• What updates were made to the CORBA FAQ for the 1996-09 (Sep 1996) release? [6.13]
• What updates were made to the CORBA FAQ for the 1996-10 (Oct 1996) release? [6.12]
• What updates were made to the CORBA FAQ for the 1996-11 (Nov 1996) release? [6.11]
• What updates were made to the CORBA FAQ for the 1996-12 (Dec 1996) release? [6.10]
• What updates were made to the CORBA FAQ for the 1997-01 (Jan 1997) release? [6.9]
• What updates were made to the CORBA FAQ for the 1997-02 (Feb 1997) release? [6.8]
• What updates were made to the CORBA FAQ for the 1997-07 (Jul 1997) release? [6.7]
• What updates were made to the CORBA FAQ for the 1998-05 (May 1998) release? [6.6]
• What updates were made to the CORBA FAQ for the 1998-11 (Nov 1998) release? [6.5]
• What updates were made to the CORBA FAQ for the 1998-12 (Dec 1998) release? [6.4]
• What updates were made to the CORBA FAQ for the 1999-03 (Mar 1999) release? [6.3]
• What updates were made to the CORBA FAQ for the 1999-10 (Oct 1999) release? [6.2]
• When do I need a service like Notification? [48.5]
• When do I use _var instead of _ptr? [22.17]
• When I obtain an object reference, what determines if it is an IOR or just an OR? [22.27]
• When Would I Use an Any? [38.3]
• Where are some CORBA success stories? [15.2]
• Where does the POA Manager Fit In? [42.12]
• Which is the best mechanism to invoke operations on an Object? [35.2]
• Which newsgroup should I post my questions? [7.8]
• Who creates Object References? [22.7]
• Why a Handle rather than a “Hard” Address? [22.2]
• Why are Pseudo Objects Needed? [30.2]
• Why did you say that the Specific Details Probably Shouldn’t Matter? [22.24]
• Why do you say, “Most people never need this kind of knowledge”? [22.13]
• Why does CORBA need the Interface Repository? [40.2]
• Why is the download via email? Why not via ftp? [1.17]
• Why is the POA Needed? [42.2]
• Why should I develop Applications with Distributed Objects? [9.3]
• Why should I use CORBA and not EJB? [14.1]
• Why Use CORBA [10]
• Why Use Distributed Computing [8]
• Why Use Distributed Objects [9]
• Why would an application implement a distributed reference counting architecture? [24.2]
• Why would Applications require Asynchronous Communications? [19.1]
• Why would I decide to implement a CORBA client application with multi-threading? [20.2]
• Why would I decide to implement a CORBA server application with multi-threading? [20.3]

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