5 @page Hello Test README File
7 The simplest possible test for TAO. This is a very simple
8 test for TAO, it can be argued that it is in fact too simple to do
9 anything useful, i.e. chances are that this test will always pass.
11 The goals of writing this test are:
13 - Provide a very simple, very fast 'smoke test' for ORB developers.
14 If Hello does not pass then something is extremely broken and you
15 should go back to the drawing board.
16 - Provide a code base to write more complex tests
17 - Rule out basic infrastructure problems: if this test does not work
18 for a user then the infrastructure (network, DNS, host
19 configuration) are more likely to be at fault than the ORB.
20 - External users are often asked to send us a 'simple test' for their
21 use case, we can now point them to this test to explain what do we
23 - The -GA option has been added to the IDL compiler command line.
24 This option generates type code and Any insertion/extraction
25 operator implementations in a separate file with the extension *A.cpp.
26 This file is not included in the compilation however, to make sure
27 there is no dependency on it if the client and server do not use
30 Please refrain from "improving", extending or expanding this
31 test, if you need to change
33 To run the test use the run_test.pl script:
37 the script returns 0 if the test was successful.