Java and CORBA Client/Server Programming: Second Edition (CD-ROM)

Author: (USA) Robert Orfali, Dan Harkey
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Publish Date: 2004-01-01
Features: In the world of computing, CORBA and JavaBeans are coming together. This book will guide you through this field, whether you are an individualistic Java programmer or a distributed objects expert. It provides you with the knowledge to comprehensively use these two technologies in object Web client/server solutions. In this book, we will explore the two core technologies of object networks: Java and CORBA/IIOP. This book is both a tutorial on writing client/server programs using CORBA and Java, and a guide that integrates CORBA, JavaBeans, and JDBC throughout client/server systems. It extensively discusses previously unknown areas. The book is divided into eight parts. First, it outlines what CORBA and Java can do for each other, explains the three-tier object network client/server model, and covers knowledge about CORBA/IIOP. Then, it explores the CORBA/Java programming model. Through discussions, it rewrites the Count program using the new portable server-side CORBA API and the standard CORBA naming service, and demonstrates how to write CORBA dynamic objects tools. Next, it compares CORBA/Java and its competitors, including: 1) traditional Internet middleware such as Java sockets, Servlets, and CGI/HTTP; 2) non-CORBA Java ORBs such as JavaSoft's RMI and Microsoft's DCOM. The book also introduces the "existing" CORBA, covering topics such as CORBA interface pools, introspection features, CORBA activation services, new CORBA IDL-to-Java mappings, and the JavaBeans component model. This book is suitable for programmers of all categories, as well as client/server system architects who are considering using CORBA, JavaBeans, and Enterprise JavaBeans on their platforms.