Pure CORBA

Implicit Activation

The IMPLICIT_ACTIVATION policy value enables you to activate a CORBA object and create a corresponding object reference from the servant object in a single step using the servant’s _this() function.

To enable implicit activation, the POA policies shown in Table 7.10 must be used together.

Table 7.10. Policy Values Required for Implicit Activation

POA Policy Type	Policy Value
ImplicitActivationPolicy	IMPLICIT_ACTIVATION
IdAssignmentPolicy	SYSTEM_ID
ServantRetentionPolicy	RETAIN

If you attempt to set the IMPLICIT_ACTIVATION policy value without using the SYSTEM_ID and RETAIN policy values as well, the POA::create_POA() operation raises the InvalidPolicy user exception.

Consider, for example, the RecycleBroker::BranchOffice interface, ...