[Ace-users] [tao-users] Query on Corba

[Douglas C. Schmidt]

Hi ,

> I am going through Detailed Comparison of CORBA, DCOM and Java/RMI.
> 
> I have one query regarding on these technologies.

Ok.

> Actually when i am browsing I got some information that CORBA supports
> primitive data types, and a wide range of data structures, as
> parameters

Right.

> what I learned for this, we can't pass user defined C++ class data
> types. Is this correct conclusion?

No, that's incorrect.  CORBA supports so-called "objects by value"
(OBV), which supports passing of user-defined C++ class data types.
Please see the discussion of OBV in the open-source book at

http://www.ciaranmchale.com/download/corba-explained-simply.pdf

> Is there any Distributed object computing language which support to
> pass the user defined Class object from one process to another
> process.

Sure - CORBA!

Doug