/** Initialize the component and connect to the ORB. */ public void initialize() throws IllegalActionException { try { super.initialize(); _orb = new Orb(StringToken.convert(orbname.getToken()).stringValue(), "r"); _orb.select(StringToken.convert(srcname.getToken()).stringValue()); _orb.after(0); } catch (Exception e) { throw new IllegalActionException( this, "Couldn't connect to Orb." + " (" + e.getMessage() + ")"); } }