boolean noPing = configuration.getAttribute("jacorb.naming.noping", "off").equals("on");
ns.init(namingPOA, doPurge, noPing);
// create and activate the root context.
byte[] rootContextId = "root".getBytes();
namingPOA.activate_object_with_id(rootContextId, ns);
namingService = NamingContextExtHelper.narrow(namingPOA.create_reference_with_id(rootContextId,
"IDL:omg.org/CosNaming/NamingContextExt:1.0"));
} catch (Exception e) {
throw new StartException("Failed to start the CORBA Naming Service", e);
}