I made some tests using the demo (%JACORB_HOME%\demo\dynany)
and found if put a complex data (e.g. a DynStruct) in an 'Any' object
which be converted to a 'DynAny' object, then DynAnyFactoryImpl will can
not extract the actual value correctly.
The following is the sample code (refer to
"%JACORB_HOME%\demo\dynany\Client.java"):
......
Any any = orb.create_any();
any.insert_any(dyn_struct.to_any()); // dyn_struct is a DynStruct
instance, I omit how to create it, please see the demo...
DynAny dynany = dynFactory.create_dyn_any(any);
     
System.out.println("Passing a any..." + s.generic( dynany.to_any() ) );
......
and Server can't display the actual value from the Any pass to it.
(refer to "%JACORB_HOME%\demo\dynany\Server.java")
As a workaround, I changed DynAnyFactoryImpl (create_dyn_any method)
like:
===================================================================
public org.omg.DynamicAny.DynAny create_dyn_any( org.omg.CORBA.Any value
)
       throws InconsistentTypeCode
    {
       try
       {
           // Correction:
           // In case of objects forwarded in value member of Any the
TypeCode of inner object
           // has to be used for further processing (in other case it is
treated as TCKind._tk_any)
 
           if (value instanceof org.jacorb.orb.Any)
           {
               java.lang.Object obj =
((org.jacorb.orb.Any)value).value();
 
               if (obj instanceof org.jacorb.orb.Any)
               {
                   org.jacorb.orb.Any anyValue =
(org.jacorb.orb.Any)obj;
 
                   org.omg.DynamicAny.DynAny dynAny =
                      create_dyn_any_from_type_code(anyValue.type());
                   dynAny.from_any( anyValue );
                   return dynAny;
               }
           }
 
           // end of correction
 
          org.omg.DynamicAny.DynAny dynAny =
             create_dyn_any_from_type_code( value.type() );
          dynAny.from_any( value );
          return dynAny;
       }
.......
========================================================================
then the value can be extracted from Any and Server display the correct
content within Any.
 
I don't know whether it is a bug of JacORB2.3.0, if it is I wonder
whether my doing above is correct, and if the change will cause any
other side-effect?
Could anybody look into this issue and give me some clarification?
 
Thanks in advance,
Shi Lei