5.3.1.7 Return Values

An unbounded sequence of references to factory objects that match the information specified as the value of the factory_key parameter. In C++, the method returns a sequence of object references of type CosLifeCycle::Factory. In Java, the method returns an unbounded array of object references of type org.omg.CORBA.Object.

If the operation raises an exception, the return value is invalid and does not need to be released by the caller.