ADORB for Mac 1.6

If you're a developer working on Mac OS X or iPhone OS, you know how important it is to have the right tools at your disposal. One tool that can make your life easier is ADORB, a free open source framework that provides CORBA/IIOP implementation for Objective-C.

ADORB is designed to simplify the process of developing CORBA client applications on Mac OS X and iPhone OS. It implements dynamic IDL parsing at run-time and native IDL to Objective-C mapping, which means that IDL types can be mapped to arbitrary Objective-C classes.

One of the biggest advantages of using ADORB is that it eliminates the need for stub or skeleton files. Usually, creating a CORBA application involves generating these files from the IDL files and then compiling and linking them with the application. With ADORB, however, there are no stub or skeleton files to be generated and compiled with the CORBA application.

Instead, ADORB interprets the CORBA IDL files at run-time and dynamically creates method invocations for remote operations. This means that changes in the IDL files don't necessarily affect your application - you can simply replace them and restart your app.

Another benefit of using ADORB is its support for callbacks from within a remote call. This allows you to create more complex applications with greater flexibility than would otherwise be possible.

ADORB also supports several other features that make it an excellent choice for developers working on Mac OS X or iPhone OS:

- Dynamic bindings: The framework supports dynamic binding between objects.

- Native Objective-C bindings: The framework maps IDL types to arbitrary ObjC classes.

- Supports valuetypes: You can use valuetypes in your applications.

- Supports abstract interfaces: You can define abstract interfaces in your code.

- Supports Interceptors: You can use interceptors in your code.

- Supports RMI_IIOP: The typeID can have prefix either "IDL:" or "RMI:".

- GIOP 1.0/1.1/1.2 interoperability with other ORBs

Overall, if you're looking for an easy-to-use framework that simplifies developing CORBA client applications on Mac OS X or iPhone OS while providing advanced features like dynamic bindings and support for callbacks from within remote calls, then look no further than ADORB!