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An object adapter is the primary way that an object implementation accesses services provided by the ORB. There are expected
to be a few object adapters that will be widely available, with interfaces that are appropriate for specific kinds of objects.
Services provided by the ORB through an Object Adapter often include: generation and interpretation of object references,
method invocation, security of interactions, object and implementation activation and deactivation, mapping object references
to implementations, and registration of implementations.
The wide range of object granularities, lifetimes, policies, implementation styles, and other properties make it difficult
for the ORB Core to provide a single interface that is convenient and efficient for all objects. Thus, through Object Adapters,
it is possible for the ORB to target particular groups of object implementations that have similar requirements with interfaces
tailored to them.