5.2.1 Locating a FactoryFinder

A client application must obtain a reference to a FactoryFinder before it can begin locating an appropriate factory. To obtain a reference to a FactoryFinder in the domain to which a client application is associated, the client application can use either of two bootstrapping mechanisms:

• Invoke the Tobj_Bootstrap::resolve_initial_references operation with a value of “FactoryFinder”. This operation returns a reference to a FactoryFinder that is in the domain to which the client application is currently attached. You should use this mechanism if you are using the Oracle Tuxedo client software. For more information, see the section Tobj_Bootstrap::resolve_initial_references.
• Invoke the CORBA::ORB::resolve_initial_references operation with a value of “FactoryFinder”. This operation returns a reference to a FactoryFinder that is in the domain to which the client application is currently attached. You should use this mechanism if you are using a third-party client ORB. For more information, see the section CORBA::ORB::resolve_initial_references.

Note:

The references to the FactoryFinder that are returned to the client application can be references to factory objects that are registered on the same machine as the FactoryFinder, on a different machine than the FactoryFinder, or possibly in a different domain than the FactoryFinder.