CORBA 3. Fundamentals and Programming (Omg) (Taschenbuch)

This text first offers a nicely comprehensive tour of CORBA, from the basics of Interface Definition Language (IDL), ORBs, Portable Object Adapters (POAs), built-in CORBA services and an overview of the new CORBA domain-specific business objects (for such areas as finance and healthcare).

Throughout the early sections of the book, the authors takes care to highlight new features of CORBA 3.0 for more experienced readers. But even if CORBA is brand new to you, this title will give you what you need to get started whether you use C++, Java (or even COBOL) to write business objects.

Because CORBA is an open standard (defined with input from hundreds of vendors), it has always been something of a moving target. Particular ORB products may not implement every feature in the same way. The second half of this text looks at CORBA in the real world. First, the author surveys a half dozen current CORBA products, and then provides an excellent case study (for a point of sale system for a grocery shop) which is implemented in separate versions for C++, Java and COBOL. Better yet, the author gives you specific development and deployment hints for specific ORBs so you can run the sample code on your particular vendor's implementation of CORBA.

In all, CORBA 3 Fundamentals and Programming is really two books in one--an excellent guide to basic and advanced CORBA, with special attention paid to new features in version 3.0--and a practical tutorial for building a small CORBA based system. It's a great choice for any software developer who wants to start using CORBA for real-world projects. --Richard Dragan, Amazon.com EBD

This text first offers a nicely comprehensive tour of CORBA, from the basics of Interface Definition Language (IDL), Object Request Brokers (ORBs), Portable Object Adapters (POAs), and built-in CORBA services, to an overview of the new CORBA domain-specific business objects (for areas such as finance and health care).

Throughout the early sections of the book, the book takes care to highlight new features of CORBA 3 for more experienced readers. But even if CORBA is brand-new to you, this title will explain what you need to know to get started--whether you use C++, Java, or even COBOL to write business objects.

Because CORBA is an open standard (defined with input from hundreds of vendors), it has always been something of a moving target. Particular ORB products may not implement every feature in the same way. The second half of this book looks at CORBA in the real world. First, the text surveys a half-dozen current CORBA products, and then provides an excellent case study (for a point-of-sale system in a grocery store) implemented in separate versions for C++, Java, and COBOL. Better yet, the book gives development and deployment hints for specific ORBs so you can run the sample code on your particular vendor's implementation of CORBA.

CORBA 3 Fundamentals and Programming is really two books in one: an excellent guide to basic and advanced CORBA, with special attention paid to new features in version 3, and a practical tutorial for building a small CORBA-based system. This book's a great choice for any software developer who wants to start using CORBA for real-world projects. --Richard Dragan

Topics covered:

Overview of the CORBA 3 standard OMG Interface Definition Language (IDL) Object Request Brokers (ORBs) Dynamic invocation Portable Object Adapter (POA) CORBA Component Model (CCM) Quality of Service features Real-time CORBA Network communication with IIOP/GIOP IDL language mappings for C++, Java, and COBOL CORBAservices and CORBAfacilities

Naming and traders services Event and notification services Transactions in CORBA Security and licensing services CORBA domains (business objects, finance, e-commerce, manufacturing, and health care) Using UML with CORBA OMG Meta Object Facility (MOF) and IDL Survey of ORB products Sample tutorial Case study and sample code for Java, C++, and COBOL