Programming Mobile Objects with JavaTM

Jeff Nelson

Mobile objects let you build incredibly flexible programs that can remake any or all of their features and capabilities on the fly, according to changing end-user demands. Now, in this practical guide to programming mobile objects with Java, expert Jeff Nelson brings you up to speed on mobile object concepts and terminology. Working examples show you how to:

• Build mobile objects with Java using CORBA, RMI, VisiBroker, and Voyager
• Integrate mobile objects with DCOM
• Create mobile components
• Build mobile groupware
• Upgrade software dynamically
• Use state-of-the-art mobile object security techniques
• Implement fault-tolerant, load-balancing distributed systems

In addition, the author provides 13 Java Design Patterns to help with your migration to mobile object technology.

The CD-ROM supplies you with:

• Complete Java code for the 13 mobile object design patterns found in this book
• Voyager, versions 1.0.1 and 2.0.0, from ObjectSpace, Inc.
• Trial Editions of Inprise's VisiBroker for Java, version 3.2 and JBuilder 2
• iBus Java Software Bus, version 0.5 from SoftWired AG, Zurich
• Together/J Whiteboard Edition, version 2.0 from Object International www.togetherj.com
• mpEDIT, version 1.13
• Java Development Kit, version 1.1.7 and JavaBeans Development Kit, version 1.0 from Sun Microsystems, Inc.

JEFF NELSON is a Research Associate with DiaLogos, Incorporated. He is also a trainer with the OMG CORBA Academy, and a regular speaker on CORBA and Java issues at JavaOne, ObjectWorld, and Object Expo.

Table of Contents

• A Look at Distributed Objects.
• Toxonomy of a Mobile Object.
• Building Mobile Objects with Caffeine.
• COM/DCOM and Java.
• Building Mobile Objects with Voyager.
• RMI.
• Dabbling in Groupware.
• Building the Dynamically Upgradable Text Editor.
• Clustering.
• Securing Mobile Objects.
• Trends in Mobile Objects.
• Overview of Design Patterns.
• MVC [Krasner88].
• Remote Proxy [GoF95].
• Smart Proxy [Meszaros94].
• Actor [GoF95].
• Object Group [Maffeis96].
• Replication [Nelson98].
• Command [GoF95].
• Predicate [GoF95].
• Composable Views [Krasner88].
• Extension [Nelson98].
• Smorgasbord [Mowbray97].
• Interpreter [GoF95].
• Federation [Nelson98].
• Bibliography.
• Appendix.
• Index.
• End User License Agreements.

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