Programming with VisiBrokerTM

Doug Pedrick, Jonathan Weedon, Jon Goldberg, Erik Bleifield

The authoritative Java developer's guide to designing better distributed object systems and implementing them faster—using VisiBroker

Coauthored by the lead architect for the VisiBroker Java ORB, this is the authoritative guide to programming with VisiBroker for Java. Designed to help Java developers quickly master the skills they need to develop more powerful and sophisticated distributed, object-oriented, client/server systems from scratch or by combining existing components, it covers all the crucial bases in the life cycle of a VisiBroker implementation, including:

  • Analysis and design of distributed object systems
  • Basic and advanced VisiBroker for Java implementations
  • Performance considerations and fine-tuning
  • The approved OMG IDL to Java mapping
  • VisiBroker interfaces to legacy relational databases using JDBC.

The dream of distributed, object-oriented, client/server systems that are both location- and language-transparent is at last a reality. In great part, this is due to the growing worldwide acceptance of CORBA as the architectural standard of choice. This book brings together the most popular implementation of the CORBA standard, VisiBroker, and Java, the most popular language for Internet programming.

The CD-ROM contains:

  • VisiBroker for Java 3.1
  • VisiBroker Naming and Event Services
  • Complete code for all the examples from the book.

DOUG PEDRICK is a senior software engineer and project leader with Strong Capital Management, specializing in Java, ADA, and VisiBroker.

JONATHAN WEEDON is the architect at Visigenic for the VisiBroker Java ORB.

JON GOLDBERG is a senior software engineer at Visigenic, contributing to both the Java and C++ VisiBroker ORBs.

ERIK BLEIFIELD is a principal consultant with the Milwaukee branch of CAP Gemini America, Inc., specializing in Java, VisiBroker, and other client/server environments.

Table of Contents

  • AN INTRODUCTION TO DISTRIBUTED SYSTEMS IN CORBA.
  • Introduction to CORBA.
  • The OMG Interface Definition Language.
  • IDL-to-Java Mapping.
  • ORB Portability and Interoperability.
  • Analysis and Design of Distributed Object Systems.
  • WORKING WITH VISIBROKER.
  • Object Analysis and Design in COBRA: An Example.
  • Getting Started with VisiBroker for Java.
  • Type Any and Typecodes.
  • Implementing Servers Using VisiBroker of Java.
  • Deploying Servers Using VisiBroker for Java.
  • Implementing Clients Using VisiBroker for Java.
  • VisiBroker and the Web: The Java Sandbox.
  • ADVANCED TOPICS IN VISIBROKER.
  • Advanced Server Topics.
  • Advanced Client Techniques.
  • Common Object Services: VisiBroker Naming Service.
  • Common Object Services: VisiBroker Event Service.
  • Appendices.
  • Index.

Copyright © 1999 John Wiley & Sons, Wiley Computer Books

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$49.99
ISBN 0471239011
464 pages
March, 1998
Paper/Cd-Rom

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