MICO
An Open Source CORBA Implementation
3rd Edition
Published on 20. March 2000
Book
Mixed media product
196 pages
978-1-55860-666-1 (ISBN)
Description
MICO is a complete implementation of CORBA, the dominant standard for distributed application development. This book shows you how to build and manage your own professional, industrial-strength CORBA applications using MICO, and includes a CD with compiled binaries for various platforms along with the complete source code. One of the most successful examples of open source development, MICO is the collaborative result of hundreds of independent programmers working together to modify and improve the initial source code. Here is a practical, affordable introduction to building distributed applications.
Reviews / Votes
The CORBA standard provides a quick development path to three-tier architecture. MICO is among the best ORBs for complying to the CORBA standard, thereby reducing the reliance on proprietary initiatives. This factor coupled with the extremely low cost (free) made MICO the standout choice when selecting an ORB for our three-tier architecture initiatives. ?Michael J. Clark, Software Development Manager, AT&T Broadband & Internet Services Puder and R?mer have achieved a landmark proof of the value of open-specification, open-source systems. The existence of commercial products based on the MICO CORBA implementation prove their work; this book proves their knowledge. You will find both of immense value in the tough job of building scalable, distributed, heterogeneous systems. ?From the Foreword by Richard Mark Soley, Ph.D., Chairman and CEO, Object Management Group, Inc. With MICO, Open Source Software shows that it does not need to shamefully hide when it comes to enterprise computing. MICO is a robust and complete CORBA implementation that is better than many of its commercial competitors. ?Matthias Kalle Dalheimer, President & CEO, Klaralvdalens Datakonsult AB, Member of the KDE core teamMore details
Edition
3rd ed.
Language
English
Place of publication
San Francisco
United States
Publishing group
Elsevier Science & Technology
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 228 mm
Width: 178 mm
Weight
363 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-55860-666-1 (9781558606661)
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Persons
Arno Puder received his master's degree in computer science from the University of Kaiserslautern and his Ph.D. from the University of Frankfurt. He currently is a professor of computer science at San Francisco State University and a researcher at AT&T Labs. His special interests include distributed systems and ubiquitous computing. Kay Romer received his master's degree in computer science from the University of Frankfurt/Main and is currently a Ph.D. student at the ETH Zurich (Switzerland). He is especially interested in distributed systems and operating systems. Besides his studies he has been involved in projects in the field of operating systems, distributed systems, graphical windowing systems, and computer graphics.
Content
1. Introduction; 1.1 What is MICO?; 1.2 Supported platforms; 1.3 Problems or questions?; 1.4 Overview of this book; 2. Installation; 2.1 Prerequisites; 2.1.1 Compiling MICO applications; 2.1.2 Compiling MICO; 2.1.3 Compiling the interface repository browser; 2.2 Running from CD; 2.2.1 Unix; 2.2.2 Windows; 2.3 Installing from CD; 2.3.1 Unix; 2.3.2 Windows; 2.4 Installing from sources (Unix); 2.5 Installing from sources (Windows); 2.5.1 Prerequisites; 2.5.2 Compiling the MICO sources; 2.5.3 Writing MICO applications using the IDE; 2.6 Roadmap; 3. CORBA tutorial using MICO; 3.1 Objects in distributed systems; 3.2 Overview of CORBA; 3.3 Sample program; 3.3.1 Stand-alone program; 3.3.2 MICO application; 3.3.3 Separating client and server; 4. Implementation overview; 4.1 ORB; 4.1.1 ORB initialization; 4.1.2 Obtaining initial references; 4.2 Interface Repository (IR); 4.3 BOA; 4.3.1 BOA initialization; 4.3.2 BOA daemon; 4.3.3 Implementation Repository (IMR); 4.3.4 Activation modes; 4.3.5 Making objects persistent; 4.3.6 Migrating objects; 4.4 POA; 4.4.1 Architecture; 4.4.2 Policies; 4.4.3 Example; 4.4.4 Using a Servant Manager; 4.4.5 Persistent Objects; 4.4.6 Reference Counting; 4.5 IDL compiler; 4.6 Compiler and linker wrappers (CAPS); 4.6.1 Examples; 5. C++ mapping; 5.1 Using strings; 5.2 Untyped values; 5.2.1 Unknown constructed types; 5.2.2 Subtyping; 5.3 Arrays; 5.4 Unions; 5.5 Interface inheritance; 5.6 Downcasting; 5.7 Modules; 5.8 Exceptions; 5.8.1 CORBA-Compliant Exception Handling; 5.8.2 MICO-Specific Exception Handling; 5.8.3 No Exception handling; 5.9 Mapping of operation parameters; 6. Interoperability; 6.1 GIOP and IIOP; 6.2 Orbix from Iona; 6.3 VisiBroker from Inprise; 6.3.1 Interoperability with Java applications; 6.3.2 Interoperability wiht Java applets; 7. Naming service; 7.1 Overview; 7.2 Name server daemon; 7.3 Administration; 7.4 Example; 7.4.1 Server side; 7.4.2 Client side; 7.4.3 Running the example; 8. Interface repository browser; 8.1 Conceptual Graphs; 8.2 Dynamic invocation interface; 8.3 Anatomy of an operation declaration; 8.4 A generic DII interface; 8.5 Running the example; 8.6 Using the CG editor; 9. License; 9.1 GNU Library General Public License; 9.2 GNU General Public License; A. Sample programs; A.1 Siegel's examples; A.2 Redlich's examples; A.3 Henning's & Vinoski's examples; B. Freqenly Asked Questions; List of figures; Glossary; Bibliography; Index