/* insert the context data into an any and then encode
it into the context */
Any ctx_any = ((ClientRequestInfoImpl) ri).orb.create_any();
RequestHelper.insert( ctx_any, current_request );
ServiceContext context =
new ServiceContext ( TracingContextID.value,
codec.encode( ctx_any ) );
timer.start( ri.request_id(), ri.target() );
ri.add_request_service_context( context, true );