Name: CORBA: A Guide to Common Object Request Broker Architecture (McGraw-Hill Object Technology)
Author: Ron Ben-Natan
ISBN: 9780070054271

CORBA: A Guide to Common Object Request Broker Architecture (McGraw-Hill Object Technology)

Ron Ben-Natan

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Author Description

Describes the architecture for distributed object-oriented environments, focusing on CORBA and related Object Management Group (OMG) technologies. Introduces the OMG as an organization, details aspects of CORBA and IDL mapping, and explains Object Services, and the ODMG-93 object database standard. Devotes several chapters to commercially available products such as Hewlett-Packard's Distributed Smalltalk and DEC's ObjectBroker. For software developers. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

Menrva's Summary

THE THESIS

This text investigates the technical architecture and implementation standards of the Common Object Request Broker Architecture (CORBA) within distributed object-oriented environments. The author, Ron Ben-Natan, provides a structured examination of the Object Management Group (OMG) standards, utilizing technical specifications and product-specific case studies to explain how these systems facilitate interoperability in complex software environments.

THE SCOPE MAP

What You Will Find

Detailed analysis of CORBA and Interface Definition Language (IDL) mapping
Overview of Object Services and the ODMG-93 object database standard
Comparative analysis of commercial implementations including Distributed Smalltalk and ObjectBroker

Scope Limits

The text does not cover modern cloud-native distributed architectures or post-1990s middleware advancements
It does not provide a comprehensive tutorial for beginners without prior object-oriented programming knowledge

THE AUTHORITY PERSPECTIVE

Experts and software developers identify this as a foundational technical reference for understanding the legacy of distributed object-oriented systems. Readers frequently note the high level of technical density, making it a resource primarily suited for systems architects and engineers working with specific OMG-compliant technologies.

Page Count:
353

Publication Date:
1995-09-20

Publisher:
McGraw-Hill

ISBN-10:
0070054274

ISBN-13:
9780070054271

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