public synchronized IOR getFVDCodeBaseIOR()

    {

        checkShutdownState();



        if (codeBaseIOR != null) // i.e. We are already connected to it

            return codeBaseIOR;



        CodeBase cb;



        ValueHandler vh = ORBUtility.createValueHandler();



        cb = (CodeBase)vh.getRunTimeCodeBase();

        return ORBUtility.connectAndGetIOR( this, cb ) ;

    }