001/* TAG_ORB_TYPE.java --
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037
038
039package org.omg.IOP;
040
041/**
042 * <p>
043 * Holds an integer constant of the TAG_ORB_TYPE Component that defines
044 * the kind or CORBA implementation of ORB the reference is comming from.
045 * This information may be useful to work around problems with that
046 * particular ORB, or exploit shared efficiencies. This tag contains
047 * a single unsigned long value; these values are managed by OMG group.
048 * </p><p>
049 * Anyone may register any ORB types by submitting a one-paragraph
050 * description of the ORB type to the OMG, and will receive a new ORB
051 * type ID in return. A list of all ORB type descriptions should be
052 * available on the OMG web server.
053 * </p><p>
054 * TODO Register the GNU Classpath kind of ORB. Not registered at the moment.
055 * <p>
056 * @see TAG_INTERNET_IOP
057 * @see TAG_MULTIPLE_COMPONENTS
058 *
059 * @author Audrius Meskauskas, Lithuania (AudriusA@Bioinformatics.org)
060 */
061public interface TAG_ORB_TYPE
062{
063  /**
064   * Specifies the TAG_ORB_TYPE value, 0.
065   */
066  int value = 0;
067}