Corba Question:

CORBA does not directly support distributed reference counting. This was a conscious decision on the part of its designers. While CORBA does not directly support reference counting, it is possible to build reference counting into a particular distributed object architecture. This can be done through an explicit session management facility which can be exposed through factories or other remote interfaces. While it is possible to design reference counting into an application, it is the burden of the application designer/developer to ensure that such an approach is implemented correctly.