gateway - The IIOP Connection Concentrator Server

The gateway server provides two-way IIOP connection concentration.

SYNOPSIS

gateway [-ORBDefaultInitRef <url to jorbd>]

DESCRIPTION

The gateway server provides IIOP connection concentration. When a client wishes to talk to an object running on a server, it actually sends the request to a gateway assigned to it by the ORB, which then forwards it to the server. The response from the server is returned back via the gateway. The connection concentration works both ways. That is, if a client has a callback object, then when the server invokes on it, the invocations again go through the client's gateway.

Using this feature you can literally build systems with tens of thousands on simultaneously connected clients.

OPTIONS

-ORBDefaultInitRef

Specifies the address where a jorbd is listening for IIOP requests. The gateway, after it starts, registers itself with the ORB daemon who then is responsible for assgning the connecting clients to the various gateways.

ENVIRONMENT

If the JBROKER_INITIAL_URL environment variable is set, then its value is used to locate the jorbd. For example on Win32:

   set JBROKER_INITIAL_URL=iiopboot://hubble:2506

will make the gateway server register with the jorbd running on host hubble instead of the local host.

EXAMPLES

Start a gateway and register with the jorbd running on the local machine listening on the default port
```
   gateway
```
Start a gateway and register with the jorbd running on host godel listening on the default port
```
   gateway -ORBDefaultInitRef iiopboot://godel
```