Does TAO provide a configuration file for ORB initialization options?

Martin B.

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Dec 22, 2011, 10:47:54 AM12/22/11

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I'm currently getting myself acquainted with TAO (www.theaceorb.com)

I've worked with omniORB in the past, and I used a config file in
conjunction with -ORBconfigFile to specify the ORB initialization options.

Is there such a possibilty with TAO, or do I always have to specify all
init options in the argv parameter for ORB_init() ?

cheers,
Martin

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Johnny Willemsen

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Dec 22, 2011, 1:15:23 PM12/22/11

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Hi,

> I'm currently getting myself acquainted with TAO (www.theaceorb.com)

Ok, grap the latest version (2.0.6) which you can obtain from
http://download.dre.vanderbilt.edu

> I've worked with omniORB in the past, and I used a config file in
> conjunction with -ORBconfigFile to specify the ORB initialization options.
>
> Is there such a possibilty with TAO, or do I always have to specify all
> init options in the argv parameter for ORB_init() ?

Not as one file. Some options are going through service configurator,
some can be done through the commandline, but all can be fixed as define
through ace/config.h

Regards,

Johnny

Martin B.

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Dec 23, 2011, 2:26:17 AM12/23/11

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On 22.12.2011 19:15, Johnny Willemsen wrote:
>
>> I've worked with omniORB in the past, and I used a config file in
>> conjunction with -ORBconfigFile to specify the ORB initialization
>> options.
>>
>> Is there such a possibilty with TAO, or do I always have to specify all
>> init options in the argv parameter for ORB_init() ?
>
> Not as one file. Some options are going through service configurator,
> some can be done through the commandline, but all can be fixed as define
> through ace/config.h
>

I understood the service configurator options are something different
from the initialization options. I read in the dev guide that the former
can be set through svc.conf, but I am currently more interested in the
easiest way to put stuff like -ORBDebug*, -ORBInitRef,
-ORBListenEndpoints, ... into a "ini" file so that this can be eaily
tweaked.

cheers,
Martin

Martin B.

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Dec 23, 2011, 2:27:50 AM12/23/11

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On 22.12.2011 19:15, Johnny Willemsen wrote:

> Hi,
>
>> I'm currently getting myself acquainted with TAO (www.theaceorb.com)
>
> Ok, grap the latest version (2.0.6) which you can obtain from
> http://download.dre.vanderbilt.edu
>

Well, I just downloaded the 2.0a package from
http://download.ociweb.com/TAO-2.0a/ACE+TAO-2.0a.zip ... should I use a
different download location?

cheers,
Martin

Johnny Willemsen

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Dec 23, 2011, 3:10:19 PM12/23/11

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Hi,

> >> I'm currently getting myself acquainted with TAO (www.theaceorb.com)
>
> > Ok, grap the latest version (2.0.6) which you can obtain from
> >http://download.dre.vanderbilt.edu
>

> Well, I just downloaded the 2.0a package fromhttp://download.ociweb.com/TAO-2.0a/ACE+TAO-2.0a.zip... should I use a
> different download location?

Yes, I would recommend 2.0.6 from the link above. That is the
doc_group distribution which is more tested, has smaller footprint and
could be supported by all support companies out there. It is also the
focus of the tao mailing lists.

Johnny
>
> cheers,
> Martin