CORBA in Ruby

aris · October 23, 2012, 3:54pm

I’m converting a Java/J2EE app over to Ruby/Rails. I need a solution for
the CORBA calls. I see that Ruby has its own distributed API (DRb) and
there are a few 3rd party CORBA tools, but nothing seems viable for
actually doing CORBA in Ruby. What are you guys using professionally?

Disclaimer: I’ve already searched Google and tried a number of tools. So
please only suggest somethig if you are personally using the tools or
100% sure they work.

willbailey · October 23, 2012, 4:36pm

Hi,

I’m currently working on an updated release of R2CORBA
(https://osportal.remedy.nl/projects/r2corba) which will a.o. provide
1.9.3 compatibility.

regards,
Martin.

willbailey · October 23, 2012, 4:49pm

Martin Corino wrote in post #1080804:

Hi,

I’m currently working on an updated release of R2CORBA
(https://osportal.remedy.nl/projects/r2corba) which will a.o. provide
1.9.3 compatibility.

regards,
Martin.

Hi Martin. Thanks for the speedy response!

Will you be releasing it as a Gem?

R2CORBA was my first choice, but I had way too many problems and the
process was way too complex. I downloaded PERL, ACE, TAO, performed
multiple builds/configs, etc. Coming from Java, where I’m used to
grabbing a Jar and coding away, I would expect a Gem install, nothing
more.

Also, when will you be releasing it? Timing is usually the most
important factor.

willbailey · October 23, 2012, 4:52pm

For a real world “success” story on using R2CORBA look here:
http://www.orbzone.org/node/151

regards,
Martin.

willbailey · October 23, 2012, 5:00pm

Hi Will,

On 10/23/2012 04:49 PM, Will B. wrote:

Hi Martin. Thanks for the speedy response!
You are welcome.

Will you be releasing it as a Gem?

Not very soon. I want to investigate this but the problem will be the
dependency on ACE/TAO and/or JacORB.

In the mean time the OSPortal site provides prebuilt packages for the
JRuby/JacORB variant of R2CORBA as well as for the MingW built MRI/TAO
variant for Windows.

For Linux we provide RPMs for various Linux distros/versions through the
OpenSUSE Build Service (OBS) for ACE, TAO as well as R2CORBA.
Check here:
http://software.opensuse.org/package/ruby-r2corba?search_term=r2corba

Also, when will you be releasing it? Timing is usually the most
important factor.

I’m aiming for the end of this month/beginning of next month.

regards,
Martin.