[ace-users] Order of handling asynchronous method invocations

[Douglas C. Schmidt]

Hi Martin,

   Thanks for using the PRF.

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>    ACE VERSION: 5.5

BTW, we suggest you upgrade to ACE+TAO+CIAO x.6 (i.e., ACE 5.6, TAO 1.6, and CIAO
0.6), which you can download from

http://download.dre.vanderbilt.edu

under the heading: "Latest Release."

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>Hello everybody,
>
>I have a question concerning AMI.
>
>Imagine we have a client and a server. The client will invoke three
>asynchronous methods sequentially.
>
>And now my question: Will the three methods handled in the correct
>order (first in first out)?

Yes, in general, though the specific answer depends on various things,
such as the concurrency model that you've configured for the ORB.

Take care,

     Doug
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