The files jacorb.jar and idl.jar in this directory are a patched version of 
JacORB 2.2.4. The patched libraries identify themselves as 

        JacORB V 2.2.4 (JBoss patch 1), www.jacorb.org

Instructions for generating these files are included below.

Kudos to the JacORB team, for this great open-source ORB.

Special thanks to:

        Gerald Brose, for creating JacORB

        Andre Spiegel, for his work on OBV in JacORB

Francisco

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 *** How to generate the jacorb.jar and idl.jar files in this directory ***

(1) Obtain a JacORB 2.2.4+ source tree, with the following commands:

cvs -d :pserver:anonymous@www.jacorb.org/cvsroot/jacorb checkout -r RELEASE_2_2_5_BRANCH JacORB

cd JacORB

cvs update -rRELEASE_2_2_4 src/org/jacorb/idl/build.xml

(2) Apply the patchfile below:

Index: src/org/jacorb/orb/CDROutputStream.java
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvsroot/jacorb/JacORB/src/org/jacorb/orb/CDROutputStream.java,v
retrieving revision 1.106
diff -u -r1.106 CDROutputStream.java
--- src/org/jacorb/orb/CDROutputStream.java	17 May 2006 13:14:37 -0000	1.106
+++ src/org/jacorb/orb/CDROutputStream.java	4 Aug 2006 17:17:13 -0000
@@ -851,9 +851,10 @@
             throw new MARSHAL("Null References");
         }
 
-        // size indicator ulong + length in chars( i.e. bytes for type char)
-        // incl. terminating NUL char
-        int size = 4 + s.length() + 1;
+        // size leaves room for ulong, plus the string itself (3 bytes
+        // per char in the string might be needed in the case of UTF-8 
+        // encoding), plus the terminating NUL char  
+        int size = 4 + 3 * s.length() + 1;
         check( size, 4 );
 
         int sizepos = pos;
@@ -2543,20 +2544,9 @@
             }
             else
             {
-                // go to the beginning of the chunk and write the size tag
-
-                // check(7, 4); // DO NOT align to a 4-byte boundary
-
-                int current_pos = pos;
-                int current_idx = index;
-
-                pos = chunk_size_tag_pos;
-                index = chunk_size_tag_index;
-                write_long( current_pos - chunk_octets_pos );
-
-                pos = current_pos;
-                index = current_idx;
-
+                rewrite_long(chunk_size_tag_pos,
+                             chunk_size_tag_index,
+                             pos - chunk_octets_pos);
             }
             chunk_size_tag_pos = -1; // no chunk is currently open
         }
@@ -2573,6 +2563,26 @@
 
         // remember starting position of chunk data
         chunk_octets_pos = pos;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Writes a CORBA long value to (write_pos, write_index) without clearing
+     * the buffer padding. In the case of a non-sequential write, clearing
+     * buffer positions after the data just written is likely to erase data
+     * previously written. 
+     */
+    private final void rewrite_long(int write_pos, 
+                                    int write_index, 
+                                    final int value)
+    {
+        final int align = 4;
+        int remainder = align - (write_index % align);
+        if (remainder != align)
+        {
+            write_index += remainder;
+            write_pos += remainder;
+        }
+        _write4int(buffer, write_pos, value);
     }
 
     /**
Index: src/org/jacorb/util/Version.java
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvsroot/jacorb/JacORB/src/org/jacorb/util/Version.java,v
retrieving revision 1.29
diff -u -r1.29 Version.java
--- src/org/jacorb/util/Version.java	10 Dec 2005 15:56:10 -0000	1.29
+++ src/org/jacorb/util/Version.java	4 Aug 2006 17:17:13 -0000
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
  */
 public final class Version
 {
-    public static final String version = "2.2.3";
-    public static final String date = "10-Dec-2005";
+    public static final String version = "2.2.4 (JBoss patch 1)";
+    public static final String date = "04-Aug-2006";
     public static final String longVersion = version + ", " + date;
 }