Compile Java 11 with jacorb

Question

I need to compile my java CORBA applications in java 11, which no longer includes an ORB implementation.

I have included jacorb.jar in the CLASSPATH, but I'm still getting errors while compiling, not finding the CORBA imports:

import org.omg.CORBA.*
^
error: package org.omg.CORBA does not exist

Is there anything else I should do?

JacORB doesn't have that package. See https://jacorb.github.io/JacORB/ It's not a drop-in replacement — Federico klez Culloca, May 24 '19 at 08:38
Thanks for your comment...In that case , something I don't understand is why the examples of the jacorb developers guide, includes import org.omg.CORBA. see https://www.jacorb.org/releases/3.9/ProgrammingGuide.pdf My feeling was that thre should be some 'trick' in the same way as when it is executed: -Dorg.omg.CORBA.ORBClass=org.jacorb.orb.ORB -Dorg.omg.CORBA.ORBSingletonClass=org.jacorb.orb.ORBSingleton — dummyhead, May 24 '19 at 09:01
See on top of page 14. You also need to include other JARs in the classpath. Without looking thoroughly, I suspect that the packages you want are inside `jacorb-omgapi.jar` — Federico klez Culloca, May 24 '19 at 09:26
Claro que si!! Absolutely. Works like a charm. Many thanks, Federico — dummyhead, May 24 '19 at 09:33

score 3 · Answer 1 · answered May 24 '19 at 09:36

The problem is that the JAR you're including in the classpath doesn't have that package.

You also need to include jacorb-omgapi.jar.

While you're at it you should do what the documentation says on page 14 and include all of

acorb.jar - containing the ORB, IMR, IR and NamingService
jacorb-omgapi.jar - containing the core OMG API stubs.
jacorb-services.jar - containing all other services (e.g. Notification, DDS, Collection etc).
idl.jar - containing the IDL compiler.

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