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CORBA::ORB interfaces

The CORBA interface provides the following ORB interfaces:

object_to_string
This operation converts an object reference to an external form that can be stored for later use or exchanged between processes. The string_to_object operation can be used to reconstruct the object reference.
string_to_object
This operation converts a stringified object reference to a reconstructed object reference. The object_to_string operation must have been used to create the input stringified data.
Note: Although object_to_string is the way to save object references for future usage, the returned data should only be used with string_to_object to reconstruct that object reference. Do not use the string for comparing equivalence of object references. The object_to_string operation may return different values at different times because various Object Services may be adding information to this IOR.