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Current release
IIOP.NET allows a seamless interoperation between .NET, CORBA and J2EE distributed objects. Components on each platform can act either in client or server role.
IIOP over SSL is supported from version 1.7.1
CORBA version
IIOP.NET is based on CORBA 2.3.1.
Only the parts of the specification related to interoperability are implemented.
GIOP Protocol
IIOP.NET supports the following protocols:
IIOP/GIOP 1.0, 1.1, 1.2
Bidirectional GIOP (1.8 and newer)
The following protocol parts are not supported:
- Message types other than request, reply, fragment (LocateRequest / LocateReply are partly supported)
Supported types
CLS
All but the following types are supported:
- some kinds of enums, including flags
- Delegates
- Events
- System.IntPtr
- System.Decimal
IDL
All but the following types are supported:
- Long double
- Fixed
More information can be found in the IDL <-> CLS specification.
ORB Compatibility
Interoperation with the following ORBs has been reported:
| all | wide-char not supported (request 778878 ) | ||
| SUN JDK | 1.4 | OK | |
| MICO | 2.3.10 | OK | |
| TAO | 1.4 | ok | |
| OmniORB | 4.0.3 | ok | |
| OmniORB | 4.0.2 | ok | |
| JacORB | JacORB doesn't support Anys with typecode 30 (see FAQ 7.11) |
Interoperation with J2EE applications is reported for the following application servers:
| IBM Websphere | 5.1 | ok | |
| IBM Websphere | 5.0 | ok | |
| IBM Websphere | 4.0 | ok | |
| JBoss | 4.0.2 | ok | |
| JBoss | 3.2.3 | ok | |
| JBoss | 3.2.2 | no (JBoss bug #829734) | |
| JBoss | 3.2.1 | ok | |
| JBoss | 3.0.6 | in progress | |
| BEA Weblogic | 8.1 | ok | |
| BEA Weblogic | 7 | in progress | |
| BEA Weblogic | 6.1 | array mapping problems | |
| Borland Enterprise Server | 5.2.1 | partially tested |
IIOP.NET on Microsoft .NET Framework:
| MS .NET | 2.0 beta2 | ||
| MS .NET | 2.0 beta1 | ||
| MS .NET | 1.x |
IIOP.NET on Mono:
| Mono | 1.1.9 | ok with IIOP.NET 1.8.x or newer | |
| Mono | 1.1.8 | ok with IIOP.NET 1.8.x or newer | |
| Mono | 1.1.7 | ok with IIOP.NET 1.8.x or newer | |
| Mono | 1.0.x | ||
| Mono | 0.31 |
Please help us keeping this table updated!
Next steps
- Test more ORBs
- Advancing channel, tools
- Consolidation (better installation tools, binary release)
About this project
This project is maintained by Elca Informatique SA and was developed in collaboration with the Programming Languages and Runtime Systems Research Group of the ETH-Zurich as part of Dominic Ullmann's diploma thesis.
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