The invention comprises methods and apparatus for implementing a trader service.
The present invention involves creating a trader service, preferably compliant
with the CORBA CosTrader Specification, where the trader service is arranged to
store persistent information using a directory service. This aspect involves creating
a storage mechanism comprising a directory service, preferably a directory service
compliant with LDAP version 2, which is arranged to store the persistent information
for the trader service. An additional embodiment may be implemented by creating
a data store interface for interacting with the directory service, wherein such
interaction comprises the use of protocol compliant with LDAP version 2.
