void
LoggingService::create_EC ()
{
  CosNaming::Name name (1);
  name.length (1);
  std::string channelAndDomainName;
  // cannot use BaseHelper::combineChannelAndDomainName because of module order
  if(!m_logBin)
  channelAndDomainName = std::string(acscommon::LOGGING_CHANNEL_XML_NAME);
  else
  channelAndDomainName = std::string(acscommon::LOGGING_CHANNEL_NAME);
  channelAndDomainName = channelAndDomainName + acscommon::NAMESERVICE_BINDING_NC_DOMAIN_SEPARATOR + acscommon::ACS_NC_DOMAIN_LOGGING;
  name[0].id = CORBA::string_dup (channelAndDomainName.c_str());
  name[0].kind = CORBA::string_dup (acscommon::NC_KIND);

  int retries = 10;

  while(retries--) {

    try
    {
      //use the naming service to get our object
      CORBA::Object_var ec_obj =  this->m_naming_context->resolve(name);
      ACE_ASSERT(!CORBA::is_nil(ec_obj.in()));

      //narrow it
      m_logging_ec = CosNotifyChannelAdmin::EventChannel::_narrow(ec_obj.in());
      ACE_ASSERT(!CORBA::is_nil(m_logging_ec.in()));

      retries = false;
      ACS_SHORT_LOG((LM_INFO, "Logging channel narrowed..."));
    }
    catch(CosNaming::NamingContext::NotFound ex)
    {
      ACS_SHORT_LOG((LM_INFO,
          "CosNaming::NamingContext::NotFound, retries left %d out of 10",
          retries));

      sleep(1);

      this->resolve_naming_service();
      this->resolve_notify_factory();

      //	// Logging Channel
      //	CosNotifyChannelAdmin::ChannelID id;
      //
      //	m_logging_ec = m_notify_factory->create_channel (m_initial_qos,
      //							 m_initial_admin,
      //							 id);
      //
      //  ACS_SHORT_LOG ((LM_INFO, "Logging EC registered with the naming service as id = %d, after exception", id));
      //
      //	ACE_ASSERT (!CORBA::is_nil (m_logging_ec.in ()));
      //	ACE_ASSERT(!CORBA::is_nil (this->m_naming_context.in ()));
      //
      //
      //	this->m_naming_context->rebind (name,
      //					m_logging_ec.in());
      //
      //
      //	ACS_SHORT_LOG ((LM_INFO, "Logging EC registered with the naming service as: %s after exception", channelAndDomainName.c_str()));
      //
      //        //ACE_ASSERT(!CORBA::is_nil (this->m_naming_context.in ()));
      //
      //	//CosNaming::Name name (1);
      //	//name.length (1);
    }
  }

  ACS_SHORT_LOG ((LM_INFO, "Logging EC registered with the naming service as: %s", channelAndDomainName.c_str()));
}