[erlang-questions] Orber: struct IFR id not found

[Dominic Williams]

Hello,

I am having difficulties getting Orber to decode structs
(its IFR Id is not found).

With the following simplified IDL:

struct Person {
  string name;
  short age;
};

interface Foo {
  Person echo_person(in Person person);
};

... a client that just does:

run() ->
    orber:jump_start(4031),
    orber:configure(orber_debug_level,10),
    Server = corba:string_to_object("corbaloc:iiop:127.0.0.1:4030/Test"),
    'Foo':echo_person(Server, #'Person'{name="Dominic", age=36}).

... a server that just does:

run() ->
    orber:jump_start(4030),
    orber:configure(orber_debug_level,10),
    Server = 'Foo':oe_create(),
    corba:add_initial_service("Test", Server).

... and the following implementation:

-module('Foo_impl').
-export([init/1, terminate/2, echo_person/2]).

init(_) ->
    {ok, []}.

terminate(_, _) ->
    ok.

echo_person(State, Arg) ->
    io:fwrite("echo_person: ~p~n", [Arg]),
    {reply, Arg, State}.


... the client prints the following errors:

=ERROR REPORT==== 13-Dec-2006::10:36:20 ===
Error in process <0.39.0> on node 'client@REDACTED' with exit value:
{{nocatch,{'EXCEPTION',{'MARSHAL',[],16#4552000A,'COMPLETED_MAYBE'}}},[{corba,raise,1},{shell,exprs,6},{shell,eval_loop,3}]}

** exited:
{{nocatch,{'EXCEPTION',{'MARSHAL',[],1163001866,'COMPLETED_MAYBE'}}},
            [{corba,raise,1},{shell,exprs,6},{shell,eval_loop,3}]} **


... the server prints the following errors:

=ERROR REPORT==== 13-Dec-2006::11:36:20 ===
=================== Orber =================
[1103] cdr_decode:ifrid_to_name("IDL:Person:1.0"). IFR Id not found: []
===========================================

=ERROR REPORT==== 13-Dec-2006::11:36:20 ===
=================== Orber =================
[330] orber_iiop_inrequest:decode_body({request_header,
                                           [],
                                           1,
                                           true,
                                           {'Foo',
                                               key,
                                               <<131,104,2,104,3,98,0,0,4,142,98,0,0,24,31,98,0,9,181,43,100,0,16,115,101,114,118,101,114,64,108,111,99,97,108,104,111,115,116>>,
                                               <<131,100,0,9,117,110,100,101,102,105,110,101,100>>,
                                               0,
                                               0},
                                           echo_person,
                                           "client@REDACTED"},
<<71,73,79,80,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,166,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,3,3,3,0,0,0,96,49,50,55,46,48,46,48,46,49,58,52,48,51,48,7,131,104,6,100,0,3,70,111,111,100,0,3,107,101,121,109,0,0,0,39,131,104,2,104,3,98,0,0,4,142,98,0,0,24,31,98,0,9,181,43,100,0,16,115,101,114,118,101,114,64,108,111,99,97,108,104,111,115,116,109,0,0,0,13,131,100,0,9,117,110,100,101,102,105,110,101,100,97,0,97,0,0,0,0,12,101,99,104,111,95,112,101,114,115,111,110,0,0,0,0,17,99,108,105,101,110,116,64,108,111,99,97,108,104,111,115,116,0,3,3,3,0,0,0,8,68,111,109,105,110,105,99,0,0,36>>)
Failed decoding request body: {'MARSHAL',[],1163001866,'COMPLETED_MAYBE'}
===========================================

Any help would be much appreciated.

I am using R10B-10, but I get the same thing with the latest
R11B-2.

Cheers,

Dominic Williams
http://www.dominicwilliams.net

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