#### 6.9.3 `PolyORB.CORBA_P.Server_Tools`

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    --  Helper functions for CORBA servers. Note that using this unit implies
    --  using the Portable Object Adapter.

    with CORBA.Object;
    with PortableServer.POA;

    package PolyORB.CORBA_P.Server_Tools is

       pragma Elaborate_Body;

       type Hook_Type is access procedure;
       Initiate_Server_Hook : Hook_Type;
       --  Access to a procedure to be called upon start up.
       --  See Initiate_Server for more details.

       procedure Activate_Server;
       --  Start a new ORB, and initialize the Root POA.
       --
       --  If the Initiate_Server_Hook variable is not null, the designated
       --  procedure will be called after initializing the ORB.

       procedure Initiate_Server (Start_New_Task : Boolean := False);
       --  Calls Activate_Server then starts ORB main loop.
       --  If Start_New_Task is True, a new task will be created and control will
       --  be returned to the caller. Otherwise, the ORB main loop will be executed
       --  in the current context.

       function Get_Root_POA return PortableServer.POA.Local_Ref;
       --  Return the Root_POA attached to the current ORB instance.

       procedure Initiate_Servant
         (S : PortableServer.Servant;
          R : out CORBA.Object.Ref'Class);
       --  Initiate a servant: register a servant to the Root POA.
       --  If the Root POA has not been initialized, initialize it.

       procedure Reference_To_Servant
         (R : CORBA.Object.Ref'Class;
          S : out PortableServer.Servant);
       --  Convert a CORBA.Object.Ref into a PortableServer.Servant.

       procedure Servant_To_Reference
         (S : PortableServer.Servant;
          R : out CORBA.Object.Ref'Class);
       --  Convert a PortableServer.Servant into CORBA.Object.Ref.

       procedure Initiate_Well_Known_Service
         (S    : PortableServer.Servant;
          Name : String;
          R    : out CORBA.Object.Ref'Class);
       --  Make S accessible through a reference appropriate for
       --  generation of a corbaloc URI with a named key of Name.

    end PolyORB.CORBA_P.Server_Tools;