User Guide

426 Chapter 3: ColdFusion Functions
CreateObject: CORBA object
Description
The CreateObject function can call a method on a CORBA object. The object must be defined
and registered for use.
Returns
A handle to a CORBA interface.
Function syntax
CreateObject(type, context, class, locale)
History
See the History section of the main CreateObject function page.
Parameters
Usage
In the class attribute, if "context=NameService", use a dot separator for the first part of the
string. Use either of the following formats:
• "Macromedia/Eng/CF"
• "Macromedia.current/Eng.current/CF"
ColdFusion Enterprise supports CORBA through the Dynamic Invocation Interface (DII). To
use this function with CORBA objects, you must provide the name of the file that contains a
string version of the IOR, or the object’s naming context in the naming service. You must provide
the object’s attributes, method names and method signatures.
This function supports user-defined types (structures, arrays, and sequences).
Example
myobj = CreateObject("corba", "d:\temp\tester.ior", "ior",
"visibroker") // uses IOR
Parameter Description
type Type of object to create.
• com
• corba
• java
• component
• webservice
context • IOR: ColdFusion uses IOR to access CORBA server
• NameService: ColdFusion uses naming service to access server. Valid only with
the InitialContext of a VisiBroker ORB.
class • If
context = "ior": absolute path of file that contains string version of the
Interoperable Object Reference (IOR). ColdFusion must be able to read file; it
should be local to ColdFusion server or accessible on network
• If
context = "nameservice": forward slash-delimited naming context for naming
service. For example:
Allaire//Doc/empobject
locale The name of the Java config that holds the properties file. For more information,
see Configuring and Administering ColdFusion MX.