ACE:init missing in MapGuideCommon lib

[haris]

MapGuideCommon ( and others libraries) use ACE without calling ACE::init. ACE::init() is called in MG server and web extension but as other libraries can be used independently it would be appropriate that ACE::init() is called in MapGuideCommon itself.

Shouldn't be a problem to implement this as ACE::init can be called multiple times.

[brucedechant]

This is from the Init_ACE.h file:

namespace ACE {

/

• This class implements the functions for the initialization and
• shutting down ACE. These functions are called only once per ACE
• invokation.
• @return Returns 0 on success, -1 on failure, and 1 if it had already been
• called. */

extern ACE_Export int init (void);

From the above we should only be calling ACE::init() once. I did a quick test that called it from inside MapGuideCommon and the server would crash when I tried to shut it down. So I don't think calling it multiple times is a good idea.

What about moving the ACE::init() from the server/web main executables to MapGuideCommon?

[jng]

Fixed with introduction of MgInitializeLibrary in MapGuide RFC 182