JAVA and CORBA Client/Server Programming (Second Edition)

Author: Kui Yong
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Publish Date: 2004-01-01
Features: This book is a tutorial on writing client/server programs using CORBA and Java, as well as a guide that integrates CORBA, JavaBeans, and JDBC into client/server systems. It covers extensive discussions on 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 provides knowledge about CORBA/IIOP. It then explores the CORBA/Java programming model. Through rewriting the Count program using the new portable server-side CORBA API and the standard CORBA naming service, it discusses how to write CORBA dynamic object tools. Next, it compares CORBA/Java with 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.