Technical Articles

 

This document is intended for system architects and programmers who are interested in extending secure, scalable, transaction-based processing from the enterprise to the Intranet and the Internet, and who need a broad overview of CORBA programming.

 

The CORBA Programming Model

Pre-CORBA Approach to Client/Server Development

CORBA Approach to Client/Server Development

 

CORBA Objects

Definition of a CORBA Object

How a CORBA Object Comes into Being

Components of a CORBA Object

The Object ID

The Object Interface

The Object's Data

The Object's Operations

Where an Object Gets Its Operations

How Object Invocation Works

 

Process-Entity Design Pattern

About the Process-Entity Design Pattern

Increasing Scalability and Resource Utilization

Limitations of the Two-tier System

Advantages of the Process-entity Design Pattern

Applicability

Request Flow in CORBA Applications

Request Flow in EJB Applications

Participants

Other Considerations

Related Concepts

 

Client Data Caching Design Pattern

Motivation

Applicability

Participants

Other Considerations