omniORB2 - problems inserting sequences containing sequences or aliases into Anys

Report number 12

Reported by Gary Duzan

Date 19 March 1998

Platforms All platforms

Version omniORB_2.5.0

Description Inserting a sequence containing a type which is an alias into an Any causes a CORBA::TypeCode::BadKind() exception to be thrown. Inserting a sequence containing a sequence of a different length may cause marshalling / unmarshalling problems when the Any is used.

Patch
Apply the following patch to src/lib/omniORB2/typecode.cc :

***************
*** 660,666 ****
  	  CORBA::tk_sequence)
  	{
  	  CORBA::TypeCode_var new_tc = member_tc->NP_aliasExpand();
! 	  return new CORBA::TypeCode(CORBA::tk_sequence,this->length(),
  				     *(new_tc.operator->()));
  	}
      }
--- 660,666 ----
  	  CORBA::tk_sequence)
  	{
  	  CORBA::TypeCode_var new_tc = member_tc->NP_aliasExpand();
! 	  return new CORBA::TypeCode(CORBA::tk_sequence,member_tc->length(),
  				     *(new_tc.operator->()));
  	}
      }

Action This patch will be incorporated in the next release.

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