Getting Down to Code Step 6

Step 6: CORBA-enable your server code

import os, sys

import WordLookup__skel, ilu

class WebsterLookup(WordLookup__skel.WebsterLookup):

def lookupWord(self, word):

# Need to get a tmp file name here

os.system('webster ‘ + word + ‘ > /tmp/websterResult')

fd = open('/tmp/websterResult')

# Throw away the first line (reports on contacting Webster server):

fd.readline()

res = fd.read()

fd.close()

os.system('rm /tmp/websterResult')

return res

Modify file WordLookupServer.py (changes in red):