[Mono-list] Some news about a CORBA ORB implementation for.Net framework

[Michael Meeks]

On Thu, 2002-09-26 at 17:29, Miguel de Icaza wrote:
> Hello,
> > 	Then you do:
> > 
> > 	args[0] = &first_arg;
> > 	args[1] = &second_arg;
> > 	ORBit2_invoke_stub (obj, IMethod_data, &ret, args, NULL, ev);
> > 
> > 	And it all just happens. [ you get the IMethod_data pointer from a type
> > library ]. Of course, this has to be compiled into stubs / skels on the
> > Mono side - sadly; but it's possible to do fully generically.
> 
> This is certainly simple, yes.  What about the server side?

	Essentially exactly the same; the ABI is identical, [ since they have
to match for fast in-proc language->language mapping ]. So, ultimately
you get:

foo_skel (gpointer impl ... IMethod_data, gpointer ret, gptr *args, ev)
{
	first_arg = args [0];
	second_arg = args [1];

	*ret = invoke_c_sharp_whatnot (impl, first_arg, second_arg, ev);
}

	of course simplifying horribly :-) and of course if you pass a hefty
sequence across the language boundary it doesn't get copied [ unless
that is forced by one binding or another ], we just exchange pointers to
it etc.

	So, we'd implement a custom Mono object adaptor [ as do the Python &
gobject-adaptor bindings ], and it'd just work. The thing is while I can
explain what to do conceptually, it'd take me a long time to get into
the Mono C internals - since really, that's where the mapping has to
happen I think.

	HTH,

		Michael.

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