/*
 * This example is from the book "Java Enterprise in a Nutshell".
 * Copyright (c) 1999 by O'Reilly & Associates.  
 * You may distribute this source code for non-commercial purposes only.
 * You may study, modify, and use this example for any purpose, as long as
 * this notice is retained.  Note that this example is provided "as is",
 * WITHOUT WARRANTY of any kind either expressed or implied.
 */

//
// CORBA example 10: Client obtaining remote reference using an IOR.
//

import org.omg.CORBA.*;

public class ServerStringClient {
  public static void main(String[] argv) {
    // Get the stringified reference from our command-line arguments
    String sor = null;
    if (argv.length > 0) {
      sor = argv[0];
    }
    else {
      System.out.println("You forgot the object reference...");
      System.exit(1);
    }

    try {
      // Obtain ORB reference
      ORB myORB = ORB.init(argv, null); 

      // Convert the stringified reference into a live object reference
      org.omg.CORBA.Object objRef = myORB.string_to_object(sor);

      // Narrow the object reference to a ThisOrThatServer
      // using the ThisOrThatServerHelper
      ThisOrThatServer server = ThisOrThatServerHelper.narrow(objRef);

      // Invoke some methods on the remote object through the stub
      server.doThis("something");
      server.doThat("something else");
    }
    catch (Exception e) {
      System.out.println("An error occurred while initializing server object:");
      e.printStackTrace();
    }
  }
}