I am using JDK 1.4.2 CORBA (ORB) APIs.

I am using CORBA Any in my application. I am able to insert primitive values like short, long, char, etc. into the Any using the specified APIs. But if I try to insert a user defined structure, I get an exception.

This can be explained further by the code below:

Consider the following IDL definition:


// IDL
struct Foo {
string bar;
float number;
};



interface Flexible {
void doit (in any a);
}


Now in order to pass the structure Foo in Any, I use the following code snippet:


// Java
// Client.java,


import org.omg.CORBA.*;

Flexible fRef;

Any param = ORB.init().create_any();

Foo toPass = new Foo();

toPass.bar = "Bar";

toPass.number = (float) 34.5;

try {

fRef = FlexibleHelper.bind("anyMarker:anyServer", hostname);

fooHelper.insert (param, toPass);

fref.doit (param);

}

catch (Exception e) {

...

}

But I get an exception when I use the above mentioned methodology.

What is that I am doing wrong.

Or is there some known issue with Sun Java ORB.