The CORBA Reference Guide
Understanding the Common Object Request Broker Architecture
Published on 10. February 1998
Book
Paperback/Softback
432 pages
978-0-201-63386-3 (ISBN)
Description
The Common Object Request Broker Architecture (CORBA) is a pivotal technology that facilitates and promotes the development of distributed applications. CORBA has taken a stronghold in the computer industry, primarily because it is a standard architecture that provides common interfaces and descriptions for objects. The emergence of CORBA has been a blessing to the programming community-now there is a framework in which distributed object-oriented applications for many different systems can be more easily constructed. This book offers you the clear explanation of CORBA that you need and provides a complete reference to the standard. The CORBA Reference Guide provides a general background in distributed systems, a technology that is vital for building scalable distributed object systems. The book explains the base architecture as well as the services and facilities that extend this architecture. This explanation also provides historical context discussing why certain features were selected. Of particular note, this book details the most sophisticated security framework developed for any architecture to date.The book also covers interoperability with other ORBs, especially between OLE and CORBA.
Additionally, key details about the Object Data Management Group (ODMG) Standard are included. Distributed systems managers will gain a better understanding of CORBA by quickly reading the first section of each chapter and browsing the informative margin notes. Software architects and project leaders will appreciate the in-depth explanations of the various interfaces and the rationale behind CORBA. 0201633868B04062001
Additionally, key details about the Object Data Management Group (ODMG) Standard are included. Distributed systems managers will gain a better understanding of CORBA by quickly reading the first section of each chapter and browsing the informative margin notes. Software architects and project leaders will appreciate the in-depth explanations of the various interfaces and the rationale behind CORBA. 0201633868B04062001
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Language
English
Place of publication
Boston
United States
Publishing group
Pearson Education (US)
Target group
College/higher education
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 186 mm
Thickness: 20 mm
Weight
720 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-201-63386-3 (9780201633863)
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Alan LaMont Pope began programming in 1970 on a PDP 8/L and an IBM 360. Beginning in the early 1970s, he worked in information systems for various Fortune 500 companies. In 1989, Alan was part of a joint team from Hewlett-Packard and Sun Microsystems that built the Distributed Object Management Framework, which OMG selected as the Common Object Request Broker Architecture. He is currently President of Parliament Hill Software, Inc., which specialized in large scale distributed Java applications.
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Content
Foreword.
Preface.
List of Figures.
List of Tables.
1. Introduction.
Computing Paradigms for the Next Century.
Client-Server Goals.
Object-Orientation.
Objects: The General Abstraction.
Object-Orientation and Benefits.
Objects: More Formally.
Distributed Objects.
Basic Communications and Reliability.
2. Enter the OMG.
The OMG Process and Standards.
3. The Object Management Architecture.
Benefits of an OMA.
CORBA.
4. Common Object Request Broker Architecture.
Object Interfaces.
CORBA Interfaces.
Object Identifiers.
CORBA IDL.
Object Reference.
Versioning.
Communication Issues.
5. The Dynamic Invocation Interface.
Runtime Discovery.
6. The ORB.
ORB Interface Operations.
7. Object Adapters.
The Adapter's Role.
BOA.
Dynamic Skeleton Interface.
8. Other Object Adapters and the ODMG.
Library Object Adapter.
Other Adapters.
ODMG View.
9. Repositories.
Interface Repository.
Repository Object Groups.
Implementation Repository.
10. Interoperability.
ORB Domains.
Interoperability Vocabulary and Concepts.
General Inter-ORB Protocol.
Internet Inter-ORB Protocol.
Environment-Specific Inter-ORB Protocol.
11. OLE, COM, and DCOM.
Differences.
Interface Mapping.
Interface Identity Mapping.
12. Security.
General Security.
Security Interfaces.
Security Module Interfaces.
13. Common Secure Interoperability.
CSI Levels.
Security Protocols.
Cryptographic Profile.
Key Distribution.
Secure Inter-ORB Protocol.
14. CORBAservices.
CORBAservices Architecture.
CORBAservices General Design Principles.
Key Issues.
Accommodation of Future Services.
Service Dependencies.
Relation to CORBA and OMA.
Conformance to Existing Standards.
15. Naming Services.
The Names of Names.
16. Relationships.
Object Identity Service.
Graph Relationship Service.
Containment and Reference.
17. Event Services.
Push and Pull.
Event Services.
18. Life Cycle Service.
Creation Services.
Copy, Move, and Remove Services.
Compound Life Cycle.
19. Object Query Service.
General Operation and Nesting.
Query Collection Service.
Query Service.
20. Properties Service.
The OPS Interface.
21. Time.
Basic Time Service.
Timer Event Service.
Caveats about Time.
22. Transaction Services.
Trivial Scenario.
Objects in OTS.
23. Concurrency Control.
Locks and Lock Sets.
Locks and Transactions.
24. Persistence Service.
PID Interface.
PO Interface.
POM Interface.
PDS Interface.
Protocols.
Data Store.
25. Licensing Service.
License Service Manager Interface.
Producer-Specific License Service Interface.
26. Externalization Service.
Externalization Interfaces.
27. CORBAfacilities.
Horizontal Facilities.
Information Management.
System Management.
Task Management.
28. Vertical Market Facilities.
The Domain Task Forces.
Glossary.
Bibliography.
Index. 0201633868T04062001
Preface.
List of Figures.
List of Tables.
1. Introduction.
Computing Paradigms for the Next Century.
Client-Server Goals.
Object-Orientation.
Objects: The General Abstraction.
Object-Orientation and Benefits.
Objects: More Formally.
Distributed Objects.
Basic Communications and Reliability.
2. Enter the OMG.
The OMG Process and Standards.
3. The Object Management Architecture.
Benefits of an OMA.
CORBA.
4. Common Object Request Broker Architecture.
Object Interfaces.
CORBA Interfaces.
Object Identifiers.
CORBA IDL.
Object Reference.
Versioning.
Communication Issues.
5. The Dynamic Invocation Interface.
Runtime Discovery.
6. The ORB.
ORB Interface Operations.
7. Object Adapters.
The Adapter's Role.
BOA.
Dynamic Skeleton Interface.
8. Other Object Adapters and the ODMG.
Library Object Adapter.
Other Adapters.
ODMG View.
9. Repositories.
Interface Repository.
Repository Object Groups.
Implementation Repository.
10. Interoperability.
ORB Domains.
Interoperability Vocabulary and Concepts.
General Inter-ORB Protocol.
Internet Inter-ORB Protocol.
Environment-Specific Inter-ORB Protocol.
11. OLE, COM, and DCOM.
Differences.
Interface Mapping.
Interface Identity Mapping.
12. Security.
General Security.
Security Interfaces.
Security Module Interfaces.
13. Common Secure Interoperability.
CSI Levels.
Security Protocols.
Cryptographic Profile.
Key Distribution.
Secure Inter-ORB Protocol.
14. CORBAservices.
CORBAservices Architecture.
CORBAservices General Design Principles.
Key Issues.
Accommodation of Future Services.
Service Dependencies.
Relation to CORBA and OMA.
Conformance to Existing Standards.
15. Naming Services.
The Names of Names.
16. Relationships.
Object Identity Service.
Graph Relationship Service.
Containment and Reference.
17. Event Services.
Push and Pull.
Event Services.
18. Life Cycle Service.
Creation Services.
Copy, Move, and Remove Services.
Compound Life Cycle.
19. Object Query Service.
General Operation and Nesting.
Query Collection Service.
Query Service.
20. Properties Service.
The OPS Interface.
21. Time.
Basic Time Service.
Timer Event Service.
Caveats about Time.
22. Transaction Services.
Trivial Scenario.
Objects in OTS.
23. Concurrency Control.
Locks and Lock Sets.
Locks and Transactions.
24. Persistence Service.
PID Interface.
PO Interface.
POM Interface.
PDS Interface.
Protocols.
Data Store.
25. Licensing Service.
License Service Manager Interface.
Producer-Specific License Service Interface.
26. Externalization Service.
Externalization Interfaces.
27. CORBAfacilities.
Horizontal Facilities.
Information Management.
System Management.
Task Management.
28. Vertical Market Facilities.
The Domain Task Forces.
Glossary.
Bibliography.
Index. 0201633868T04062001