Inside Corba: Distributed Object Standards and Applications

This book breaks the moldby taking the reader through the entire spectrum of the distributed object approach, from requirements analysis through systems development, with a thorough treatment of relevant standards. -- Dr. Richard M. Soley, Technical Director, Object Management Group. Inside CORBA is a comprehensive and authoritative guide to distributed object architecture, software development, and CORBA (Common Object Request Broker Architecture) standards. CORBA is a consensus standard from industry that has transformed the way information systems are developed, both for creating distributed object-oriented systems and for migrating legacy systems to modern architecture. This must-read for all managers, architects, and developers of distributed systems begins by addressing the key organizational challenges to the adoption of CORBA and the essential management guidance necessary to ensure its success. Following this introduction, the authors present a user guide to the CORBA standards, complete with examples of their application. The user guide also features in-depth coverage of the Interface Definition Language (IDL), including the latest presentation of the new CORBA IDL Language Mapping for Java, and comprehensive information on the CORBA 2 standard and the CORBA services. In addition, this book provides invaluable technical assistance on the application of CORBA by sharing essential lessons learned from experienced CORBA managers and architects and through the presentation of a case study.

Thomas Mowbray is Principal Scientist at the MITRE Corporation, founding chair of the OMG Common Facilities Task Force, and recipient of the first OMG Fellowship award. He is the author of two of the best selling CORBA books, The Essential CORBA (Wiley, 1995) and CORBA Design Patterns (Wiley, 1997), and he teaches CORBA system architecture and development worldwide.

William Ruh is the Executive Vice President and Chief Technology Officer at Concept Five Technologies, where he helps companies rapidly develop secure electronic commerce and business applications by applying distributed object and messaging technologies. He is also the co-author of Inside CORBA (Addison-Wesley, 1997).

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