---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Wed, 10 Jan 2001 02:00:19 +0100 (MET) From: Javier Lopez-Martin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [ASN.1] Mapping ASN.1 to other languages Hello, > 3. If language mappings exist, do they support something like IFR/DII/DSI > interfaces in the CORBA world? > That is, is it possible to build an application without static > knowledge of the types involved, but still be able to encode/decode > ASN.1 messages? > > I am trying to avoid (if possible) the compile/link build cycle for > every change in message specifications in ASN.1. If you look at the JIDM specifications published by The OpenGroup and OMG (as the CORBA/TMN Interworking Specification), in the Specification Translation algorithm there is a mapping from ASN.1 to CORBA IDL (and from there to any language that has an IDL mapping). Given the generated IDL would be as any other IDL type, all CORBA mechanisms would be available (DII/DSI/IFR and anything else you may want). Hope this helps, Javier Lopez-Martin
