1. The Orber Application

1 The Orber Application

1.1 Content Overview

The Orber documentation is divided into three sections:

  • PART ONE - The User's Guide
    Description of the Orber Application including IDL-to-Erlang language mapping, services and a small tutorial demonstrating the development of a simple service.

  • PART TWO - Release Notes
    A concise history of Orber.

  • PART THREE - The Reference Manual
    A quick reference guide, including a brief description, to all the functions available in Orber.

1.2 Brief Description of the User's Guide

The User's Guide contains the following parts:

  • ORB kernel and IIOP support

  • Interface Repository

  • IDL to Erlang mapping

  • CosNaming Service

  • Resolving initial reference from Java or C++

  • Tutorial - creating a simple service <