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"""A set of utility function to ease the use of OmniORBpy."""
__revision__ = '$Id: corbautils.py,v 1.2 2005-11-22 13:13:00 syt Exp $'
from omniORB import CORBA, PortableServer
import CosNaming
orb = None
def get_orb():
"""
returns a reference to the ORB.
The first call to the method initialized the ORB
This method is mainly used internally in the module.
"""
global orb
if orb is None:
import sys
orb = CORBA.ORB_init(sys.argv, CORBA.ORB_ID)
return orb
def get_root_context():
"""
returns a reference to the NameService object.
This method is mainly used internally in the module.
"""
orb = get_orb()
nss = orb.resolve_initial_references("NameService")
rootContext = nss._narrow(CosNaming.NamingContext)
assert rootContext is not None,"Failed to narrow root naming context"
return rootContext
def register_object_name(object, namepath):
"""
Registers a object in the NamingService.
The name path is a list of 2-uples (id,kind) giving the path.
For instance if the path of an object is [('foo',''),('bar','')],
it is possible to get a reference to the object using the URL
'corbaname::hostname#foo/bar'.
[('logilab','rootmodule'),('chatbot','application'),('chatter','server')]
is mapped to
'corbaname::hostname#logilab.rootmodule/chatbot.application/chatter.server'
The get_object_reference() function can be used to resolve such a URL.
"""
context = get_root_context()
for id, kind in namepath[:-1]:
name = [CosNaming.NameComponent(id, kind)]
try:
context = context.bind_new_context(name)
except CosNaming.NamingContext.AlreadyBound, ex:
context = context.resolve(name)._narrow(CosNaming.NamingContext)
assert context is not None, \
'test context exists but is not a NamingContext'
id,kind = namepath[-1]
name = [CosNaming.NameComponent(id, kind)]
try:
context.bind(name, object._this())
except CosNaming.NamingContext.AlreadyBound, ex:
context.rebind(name, object._this())
def activate_POA():
"""
This methods activates the Portable Object Adapter.
You need to call it to enable the reception of messages in your code,
on both the client and the server.
"""
orb = get_orb()
poa = orb.resolve_initial_references('RootPOA')
poaManager = poa._get_the_POAManager()
poaManager.activate()
def run_orb():
"""
Enters the ORB mainloop on the server.
You should not call this method on the client.
"""
get_orb().run()
def get_object_reference(url):
"""
Resolves a corbaname URL to an object proxy.
See register_object_name() for examples URLs
"""
return get_orb().string_to_object(url)
def get_object_string(host, namepath):
"""given an host name and a name path as described in register_object_name,
return a corba string identifier
"""
strname = '/'.join(['.'.join(path_elt) for path_elt in namepath])
return 'corbaname::%s#%s' % (host, strname)
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