Engineering distributed objects

Constructing a distributed system is quite different from using one to create applications that can perform in a distributed environment. While other books simply focus on the building of infrastructures, this one shows the reader how to create these applications on top of distributed components. This unique approach will help software developers achieve portability and provide multi-user access over networks. Divided into two parts—Concepts: Infrastructures for Distributed Objects (Java, Microsoft DCOM, OMG/CORBA); and Common Design Problems—this book provides the latest technology developments.

The pay-offs for creating distributed applications are in achieving portability, scalability and fault-tolerance. In order to simplify building software that performs robustly regardless of platform or network infrastructure, a new strata of 'middleware' has been created.This book provides a conceptual framework within which to describe object-oriented middleware for the integration of distributed objects.

UML is used to explain distributed systems concepts. Presenting both an extended case...

Table of contents

Part One: Concepts
Distributed Systems
Designing Distributed Objects
Part Two: Middleware for Distributed Objects
Principles of Object-Oriented Middleware
CORBA, COM and Java/RMI
Resolving Heterogeneity
Genericity
Part Three: Common Design Problems
Locating Distributed Objects
Life Cycle of Distributed Objects
Persistent Objects
Object Concurrency Control & Transactions
Security
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