Name: mc17762 Date: 06/11/2001


The javax.rmi.CORBA.ValueHandler implementation in JDK 1.3.1 is known

to be broken to Sun. In particular it doesn't handle the following:

1. Recursive references (sun bug id #4414154)

2. Java classes with char fields - the wrong type code is sent.

3. PutFields/GetFields

4. writeUTF/readUTF (currently an urgent Java to IDL issue)


Items 1-3 have been fixed in the Merlin release but we urgently

require these fixes in JDK 1.3.1. The reasoning is that the

implementation of the ValueHandler involves writing native code

and it is therefore very difficult for us to write our own and

support multiple platforms. If the JDK 1.3.1 implementation

of ValueHandler is used then it is impossible to be J2EE 1.3

or EJB 2.0 compliant because of the above issues.
(Review ID: 126288)
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