OrbixWeb includes a default implementation for this interface. This functionality is supplied by class CORBA.BaseObject–readers should refer to this class for a description of the methods defined below.

In OrbixWeb, all objects which implement _ObjectRef hold their own full object reference in their member data. _ObjectRef defines methods to retrieve object reference fields in string format and to convert between object references and strings. The is_nil() operation of IDL interface Object is provided in the CORBA namespace.

CORBA :

 // IDL
 
 interface Object {
 	boolean is_nil();
 	Object duplicate();
 	void release();
 	ImplementationDef get_implementation();
 	InterfaceDef get_interface();
 	Status create_request(
 		in Context ctx,
 		in Identifier operation,
 		in NVList arg_list,
 		in NamedValue result,
 		out Request request,
 		in Flags req_flags);
 };

 // Java
 
 package IE.Iona.Orbix2.CORBA;
 
 public interface Ref extends 
 			IE.Iona.Orbix2.CORBA.IDLCloneable {
 	// Methods
 	public boolean _isNull();
 	public String _host();
 	public String _implementation();
 	public String _marker();
 	public String _interfaceHost();
 	public String _interfaceImplementation();
 	public String _interfaceMarker();
 	public String _get_implementation()
 			throws IE.Iona.Orbix2.CORBA.SystemException;
 	public IE.Iona.Orbix2._InterfaceDefRef _get_interface()
 			throws IE.Iona.Orbix2.CORBA.SystemException;
 	public String _object_to_string();
 	public String toString();
 	public boolean _isRemote();
 	public IE.Iona.Orbix2.CORBA.Request _request(
 			String operation); 
 	public int _create_request(
 			IE.Iona.Orbix2.CORBA.Context ctx,
 			String operation,
 			IE.Iona.Orbix2.CORBA.NVList arg_list,
 			IE.Iona.Orbix2.CORBA.NamedValue result, 
 			IE.Iona.Orbix2.CORBA.RequestHolder hrequest,
 			IE.Iona.Orbix2.CORBA.Flags req_flags)
 			throws IE.Iona.Orbix2.CORBA.SystemException;

 CORBA.BaseObject