3.3.1 Request Flow in CORBA Applications

The following figure illustrates the basic design of the Process-Entity design pattern in a CORBA application.

Figure 3-1 CORBA Process-Entity Design Pattern

This process flows in the following sequence:

1. The client application issues a request to the CORBA process object to access database entities.
2. The CORBA object submits a request to the database.
3. The database returns a response to the CORBA object.
4. The CORBA object returns a response to the client that contains only the subset of database information that the client requires.