source: trunk/third/ORBit/docs/IDEA1 @ 15271

<July 6> This feature will wait until we get a full-featured ORB that
talks over the network. I don't think anyone (especially myself) has
enough knowledge to implement it on the first go-round. -ECL

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Fast way to avoid marshalling at all for calls to stuff in the same
address space:

typedef struct CORBA_Object_struct *CORBA_Object;
struct CORBA_Object_struct {
        void (*release)(CORBA_Object _handle, CORBA_Environment &ev);
};

#define CORBA_Object_release(_handle, evptr) _handle->release(_handle, evptr)

You would do this for all subclasses of an object, too:

typedef struct example_struct *example;
struct example_struct {
        void (*op1)(CORBA_Object _handle, int inparam, CORBA_Environment &ev);
};

#define example_op1(_handle, inparam, evptr) \
        _handle->release(_handle, inparam, evptr)

That is all.

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Multiple inheritance makes this not-work.

However, we can still have our fun.

gulong CORBA_Object_class_id;
typedef struct CORBA_Object_struct *CORBA_Object;
struct CORBA_Object_struct {
        gpointer *func_lookup_table;
};
typedef struct CORBA_Object_methods *CORBA_Object_methods
struct CORBA_Object_methods {
        void (*release)(CORBA_Object _handle, CORBA_Environment &ev);
};


#define CORBA_Object_release(_handle, evptr) \
((CORBA_Object_methods)_handle->func_lookup_table[CORBA_Object_class_id])->release(_handle, evptr)