1. Introducing the ToolTalk Service
2. An Overview of the ToolTalk Service
4. Setting Up and Maintaining the ToolTalk Processes
5. Maintaining Application Information
6. Maintaining Files and Objects Referenced in ToolTalk Messages
7. Participating in ToolTalk Sessions
Determining Object Specification Properties
Querying for Specific Specs in a File
Managing Object and File Information
Managing Files that Contain Object Data
Managing Files that Contain ToolTalk Information
An Example of Object-Oriented Messaging
13. Managing Information Storage
A. Migrating from the Classing Engine to the ToolTalk Types Database
B. A Simple Demonstration of How the ToolTalk Service Works
This chapter describes how to create ToolTalk specs for objects your application creates and manages. Before you can identify the type of objects, you need to define otypes and store them in the ToolTalk Types Database. See for more information on otypes.
The ToolTalk service uses spec and otype information to determine object-oriented message recipients.
Note - Programs coded to the ToolTalk object-oriented messaging interface are not portable to CORBA-compliant systems without source changes.