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#### 11.4.3 Adding support for new code sets

PolyORB allows users to extend the set of supported native character code sets. Adding support for new character code set consists of the following steps:

1. Developing sets of Converters - special objects that do marshalling/unmarshalling operations of character data. At least two Converters are required: for direct marshalling character data in native code set and for marshalling/unmarshalling character data in fallback character code set (UTF-8 for char data and UTF-16 for wchar data). Additional Converters may be developed for marshalling character data in conversion code set.
2. Developing converter factory subprogram for each Converter.
3. Registering native code set, its native and fallback converters and optional conversion char sets and its converters.