To create a CORBA-compatible client, you can use the JaguarORB object instead of the Connection object to establish the connection to the server. The JaguarORB object allows you to access EAServer from PowerBuilder clients in the same way as C++ clients.
The JaguarORB object supports two techniques for accessing component interfaces, using its String_To_Object and Resolve_Initial_References functions.
Using the String_To_Object function works in the same way that the ConnectToServer and CreateInstance functions on the Connection object do internally. The String_To_Object function allows you to instantiate a proxy instance by passing a string argument that describes how to connect to the server that hosts the component. The disadvantage of this approach is that you lose the benefits of server address abstraction that are provided by using the naming service API explicitly.
If you want to use the EAServer naming service API, you can use the Resolve_Initial_References function to obtain the initial naming context. However, this technique is not recommended because it requires use of a deprecated SessionManager::Factory create method. Most PowerBuilder clients do not need to use the CORBA naming service explicitly. Instead, they can rely on the name resolution that is performed automatically when they create EAServer component instances using the CreateInstance and Lookup functions of the Connection object.
The EAServer naming service is an implementation of the CORBA CosNaming component, which is a collection of interfaces that provide support for object binding and lookup. For more information about the CosNaming module, see the EAServer interface repository documentation. The interface repository documentation can be viewed in a Web browser by connecting to your server with the URL http://yourhost:yourport/ir/ where yourhost is the server’s host name and yourport is the HTTP port number.
