## Initialization

Initialization — Initializing Bonobo Activation and its ORB.

## Synopsis

    #include <bonobo-activation/bonobo-activation.h>

    #define     BONOBO_ACTIVATION_MAJOR_VERSION
    #define     BONOBO_ACTIVATION_MINOR_VERSION
    #define     BONOBO_ACTIVATION_MICRO_VERSION
    gboolean    bonobo_activation_is_initialized
                                                (void);
    CORBA_ORB   bonobo_activation_init          (int argc,
                                                 char **argv);
    CORBA_ORB   bonobo_activation_orb_init      (int *argc,
                                                 char **argv);
    CORBA_ORB   bonobo_activation_orb_get       (void);
    CORBA_Object bonobo_activation_name_service_get
                                                (CORBA_Environment *ev);

## Description

These functions allow you to initialize Bonobo Activation and the ORB it is using. Initializing Bonobo Activation launches the Bonobo Activation daemon if it is not started.

## Details

### BONOBO_ACTIVATION_MAJOR_VERSION

    #define BONOBO_ACTIVATION_MAJOR_VERSION (2)

### BONOBO_ACTIVATION_MINOR_VERSION

    #define BONOBO_ACTIVATION_MINOR_VERSION (10)

### BONOBO_ACTIVATION_MICRO_VERSION

    #define BONOBO_ACTIVATION_MICRO_VERSION (1)

### bonobo_activation_is_initialized ()

    gboolean    bonobo_activation_is_initialized
                                                (void);

Tells you whether or not bonobo-activation is initialized.

Returns : | whether bonobo-activation is initialized or not.

### bonobo_activation_init ()

    CORBA_ORB   bonobo_activation_init          (int argc,
                                                 char **argv);

Initializes bonobo-activation. Should be called before any other call to the library.

`argc` : | number of command-line arguments passed to the program.
`argv` : | array of strings containing the command-line arguments of the program.
Returns : | the ORB used by bonobo-activation.

### bonobo_activation_orb_init ()

    CORBA_ORB   bonobo_activation_orb_init      (int *argc,
                                                 char **argv);

Initialize Bonobo Activation's ORB - do this once centrally so it can be easily shared.

`argc` : | pointer to program's argument count
`argv` : | argument array
Returns : | the ORB.

### bonobo_activation_orb_get ()

    CORBA_ORB   bonobo_activation_orb_get       (void);

Returns the ORB used by OAF.

Returns : | the ORB used by OAF.

### bonobo_activation_name_service_get ()

    CORBA_Object bonobo_activation_name_service_get
                                                (CORBA_Environment *ev);

Returns the name server of bonobo-activation. `ev` can be NULL.

`ev` : | `CORBA_Environment` structure which will contain the CORBA exception status of the operation.
Returns : | the name server of bonobo-activation.