tnameserv

For the client and server to find the Naming Service, they must be made aware of the port number and host on which the naming service is running. Do this by setting the org.omg.CORBA.ORBInitialPort and org.omg.CORBA.ORBInitialHost properties in the client and server files to the machine name and port number on which the Naming Service is running. An example of this is shown in Getting Started Using RMI-IIOP at
http://docs.oracle.com/javase/8/docs/technotes/guides/rmi-iiop/rmiiiopexample.html

You could also use the command-line options -ORBInitialPort nameserverport# and -ORBInitialHost nameserverhostname to tell the client and server where to find the naming service. For one example of doing this using the command-line option, see Java IDL: The Hello World Example on Two Machines at
http://docs.oracle.com/javase/8/docs/technotes/guides/idl/tutorial/jidl2machines.html

For example, suppose the Transient Naming Service, tnameserv is running on port 1050 on host nameserverhost. The client is running on host clienthost, and the server is running on host serverhost.

Start tnameserv on the host nameserverhost:

tnameserv -ORBInitialPort 1050

Start the server on the serverhost:

java Server -ORBInitialPort 1050 -ORBInitialHost nameserverhost

Start the client on the clienthost:

java Client -ORBInitialPort 1050 -ORBInitialHost nameserverhost

Initial Naming Context
     plans
     Personal
          calendar
          schedule

import java.util.Properties;
import org.omg.CORBA.*;
import org.omg.CosNaming.*;
 
public class NameClient {

    public static void main(String args[]) {

        try {

In Start the Naming Service, the nameserver was started on port 1050. The following code ensures that the client program is aware of this port number.

            Properties props = new Properties();
            props.put("org.omg.CORBA.ORBInitialPort", "1050");
            ORB orb = ORB.init(args, props);

This code obtains the initial naming context and assigns it to ctx. The second line copies ctx into a dummy object reference objref that is attached to various names and added into the name space.

            NamingContext ctx =
                NamingContextHelper.narrow(
                    orb.resolve_initial_references("NameService"));
             NamingContext objref = ctx;

This code creates a name plans of type text and binds it to the dummy object reference. plans is then added under the initial naming context using the rebind method. The rebind method enables you to run this program over and over again without getting the exceptions from using the bind method.

            NameComponent nc1 = new NameComponent("plans", "text");
            NameComponent[] name1 = {nc1};
            ctx.rebind(name1, objref);
            System.out.println("plans rebind successful!");

This code creates a naming context called Personal of type directory. The resulting object reference, ctx2, is bound to the name and added under the initial naming context.

            NameComponent nc2 = new NameComponent("Personal", "directory");
            NameComponent[] name2 = {nc2};
            NamingContext ctx2 = ctx.bind_new_context(name2);
            System.out.println("new naming context added..");

The remainder of the code binds the dummy object reference using the names schedule and calendar under the Personal naming context (ctx2).

            NameComponent nc3 = new NameComponent("schedule", "text");
            NameComponent[] name3 = {nc3};
            ctx2.rebind(name3, objref);
            System.out.println("schedule rebind successful!");
 
            NameComponent nc4 = new NameComponent("calender", "text");
            NameComponent[] name4 = {nc4};
            ctx2.rebind(name4, objref);
            System.out.println("calender rebind successful!");
        } catch (Exception e) {
            e.printStackTrace(System.err);
        }
    }
}

import java.util.Properties;
import org.omg.CORBA.*;
import org.omg.CosNaming.*;
 
public class NameClientList {

    public static void main(String args[]) {

        try {

In Start the Naming Service, the nameserver was started on port 1050. The following code ensures that the client program is aware of this port number.

            Properties props = new Properties();
            props.put("org.omg.CORBA.ORBInitialPort", "1050");
            ORB orb = ORB.init(args, props);

The following code obtains the initial naming context.

            NamingContext nc =
            NamingContextHelper.narrow(
                orb.resolve_initial_references("NameService"));

The list method lists the bindings in the naming context. In this case, up to 1000 bindings from the initial naming context will be returned in the BindingListHolder; any remaining bindings are returned in the BindingIteratorHolder.

            BindingListHolder bl = new BindingListHolder();
            BindingIteratorHolder blIt= new BindingIteratorHolder();
            nc.list(1000, bl, blIt);

This code gets the array of bindings out of the returned BindingListHolder. If there are no bindings, then the program ends.

            Binding bindings[] = bl.value;
            if (bindings.length == 0) return;

The remainder of the code loops through the bindings and prints outs the names.

            for (int i=0; i < bindings.length; i++) {
 
                // get the object reference for each binding
                org.omg.CORBA.Object obj = nc.resolve(bindings[i].binding_name);
                String objStr = orb.object_to_string(obj);
                int lastIx = bindings[i].binding_name.length-1;
 
                // check to see if this is a naming context
                if (bindings[i].binding_type == BindingType.ncontext) {
                    System.out.println("Context: " +
                        bindings[i].binding_name[lastIx].id);
                } else {
                    System.out.println("Object: " +
                        bindings[i].binding_name[lastIx].id);
                }
            }
        } catch (Exception e) {
            e.printStackTrace(System.err)
        }
    }
}