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List:       kde-devel
Subject:    Re: Functions from strings?
From:       Kurt Granroth <kurt_granroth () email ! mot ! com>
Date:       1999-06-17 18:21:25
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Steffen Hansen wrote:
> CORBA already offers this. It's called DII (Dynamic Interface Invocation).
> To get an example of this, run an .idl file through "idl --use-dii" and
> look at the implementation of the generated *_stub classes. To call a
> method void Bla::f(), it will do something like
> 
> CORBA::Request_var _req = bla_var->_request( "f" );
> _req->result()->value()->type( CORBA::_tc_void ); 
> _req->invoke();
> 
> It get's a little more complicated when you call functions with arguments,
> but any CORBA book should explain it.

Cool!  I remember hearing about DII a few months back but it never really sunk
in.  That sounds like it will do exactly what I need.

Do you know if there is any code in KDE right now that uses this (as an
example)?
-- 
Kurt Granroth            | granroth@kde.org
KDE Developer/Evangelist | http://www.pobox.com/~kurt_granroth
         KDE -- Putting a Friendly Face on Linux

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