JAVA PROGRAMMING WITH CORBA, 2E

Table of Contents

Preface	i
by Richard M. Soley, PhD (OMG CEO)
How to Read this Book	vii
Chapter 1: Benefits of Java Programming with CORBA	1
1 What Does Java Offer CORBA Programmers?	2
2 What Does CORBA Offer Java Programmers?	3
3 The Web, Java, and CORBA	6
4 Java ORBs and Java RMI	9
Chapter 2: CORBA Overview	11
1 The Object Management Group	12
2 The Object Management Architecture	17
3 Common Object Request Broker Architecture (CORBA)	26
Chapter 3: Java Overview	89
1 Interface, Class, and Object	89
2 Inheritance	90
3 Methods and Exceptions	92
4 Packages	93
5 Objects at Run Time	94
6 Java Applets	95
7 Hello World Example	97
8 Java Beans	101
Chapter 4: Overview of Java ORBs	105
1 Terminology	105
2 Clients and Servers as Java Applications	106
3 Clients as Java Applets	109
4 Servers as Java Applets	111
5 Clients and Servers Implemented with Non-Java ORBs	112
6 Standards and Products	113
Chapter 5: A First Java ORB Application	115
1 Summary of the CORBA Development Process	116
2 Environment Setup	117
3 Interface Specification	118
4 Compiling the IDL	119
5 A Client as a Java Application	120
6 A Client as an Applet	123
7 An Object Implementation	128
8 A Server	129
9 Extending the Hello World Example	131
Chapter 6: OMG IDL to Java Mapping	139
1 Reserved Names	139
2 Basic Data Types	140
3 Holder Classes	141
4 String Types	143
5 Enums	143
6 Struct	145
7 Unions	146
8 Typedef	149
9 Exception Type	149
10 Arrays	152
11 Sequences	152
12 The Any Type	154
13 Interfaces	155
14 Constants	169
15 Attributes	170
16 Operations	171
17 Inheritance	178
18 Modules and Name-Scoping Rules	180
Chapter 7: ORB Run-time System	183
1 Object Interface	184
2 ORB Interface	187
3 Basic Object Adapter Interface	190
4 TypeCode Interface	192
5 Types Used for Dynamic Invocations	199
6 Dynamic Invocation Interface	205
7 Dynamic Skeleton Interface	210
Chapter 8: Discovering Services	213
1 Bootstrapping	213
2 The CORBA Naming Service	214
3 Trading Service	225
4 Domains	259
5 Proprietary Object Location	260
Chapter 9: Building Applications	267
1 Application Specification	268
2 Implementing Objects	272
3 Building Servers	275
4 Building Factories	279
5 Starting Servers	282
6 Building Clients	282
7 Extensions to the Example Application	300
Chapter 10: Advanced Features	301
1 The Any Type and TypeCodes	301
2 Interface Repository and Dynamic Invocation Interface	308
3 Dynamic Skeleton Interface	319
4 Tie Mechanism	323
5 Applet Server	326
Chapter 11: Events	337
1 CORBA Event Service Concepts	337
2 Interface Specifications	341
3 ORB Events	350
4 An Example	352
5 Java Beans Events and CORBA	373
Chapter 12: Security	383
1 Applet Security Issues	383
2 Firewalls	384
3 IIOP Over Secure Socket Layer	391
4 Overview of the CORBA Security Service	404
5 A Simple Authentication and Authorization Mechanism	417
6 Login CORBA Bean	431
Chapter 13: Performance, Scalability, and Maintenance	443
1 Scalability Issues	444
2 Maintenance	479

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