As per specification if a Name component has a non-empty id field and an empty kind field, the stringfied representation consists only of the id field. A trailing '.' character is not permitted. to_string operation generates a stringified name with a trailing . if the kind is empty.

test 0001 of To_stringTest demonstrate this

to run these tests:

1. untar ins-bugs.tar available from /java/idl/ws/rip/temp/ins-bugs.tar
2. go to ins-bugs/org/omg/CosNaming/NamingContextExt/To_stringTest directory
3. make appropriate changes in the "To be changed" section
4. run by typing "make all"