C++ Programming with CORBA(r) [Paperback]

Andreas Vogel (Author), Bhaskar Vasudevan (Author), Maira Benjamin (Author), Ted Villalba (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0471283061 | ISBN-13: 978-0471283065 | Publication Date: February 11, 1999 | Edition: 1

Giving C++ programmers the skills to succeed in today's CORBA-driven enterprise computing environment.

Though a C++-to-CORBA interface does exist, no books on CORBA provide more than a spattering of examples in C++-until now. This guide satisfies the legions of C++ programmers craving the knowledge to enhance their programming skills. After concise overviews of CORBA and C++ object request brokers (ORBs), readers will learn how to synthesize it all and build complete C++ applications. Best of all, the authors help programmers demystify the complex new C++ language binding technology, a vital step in mastering this new platform. Offering industrial strength techniques for programming pros, this nuts-and-bolts guide includes plenty of real-world business examples with complete code for working applications.

Companion Web site includes ready-to-run source code examples and sample ORBs.

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com Review

Written for the C++ developer seeking to implement high-performance distributed systems, this guide provides a fine introduction to the ins and outs of the CORBA standard.

The book first introduces what CORBA is and how the Object Management Group (OMG) has worked to define this truly "open" vendor-neutral standard. The heart of this book shows off how CORBA features can be implemented in C++, starting with basic data types and moving on to structures and classes.

In subsequent chapters, the authors cover virtually every facet of CORBA, from basic calling conventions and Object Request Brokers to more advanced features, such as dynamic invocation, the Portable Object Adapter (which lets objects reside anywhere on the enterprise), and even CORBA's support for "vertical" services (which let CORBA programmers write applications for specific industries, such as health care, telecommunications, and finance).

The authors illustrate key concepts with numerous short code snippets and provide several working examples of CORBA and C++ in action, including a meeting-scheduler application. Another important feature of C++ Programming with CORBA is that it gives you both the server- and client-side expertise to build CORBA systems from the ground up. --Richard Dragan

Product Details

• Paperback: 352 pages
• Publisher: Wiley; 1 edition (February 11, 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0471283061
• ISBN-13: 978-0471283065
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 7.4 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.3 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 2.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,656,359 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

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15 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Poorly Wriiten book, May 14, 1999

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Grum Ketema (Springfield, VA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: C++ Programming with CORBA(r) (Paperback)

I do not recommend this book at all. It is poorly written with a lot of errors and with no continuity from topic to topic. The descriptions about methods in the book are not useful at all. The book is apparently a verbatim copy of JAVA programming with CORBA. The authors did not even have the respect to the reader to replace the word JAVA by C++, in a number of places the book talks about JAVA. I do not recommend this book at all. I hope the editors at Wiley pay more attention to the books they send to the printing press. The time I spend reading this book was a total waste not to mention the money I paid.

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Not the greatest, August 16, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: C++ Programming with CORBA(r) (Paperback)

I'm a novice at CORBA and this book didn't prep me properly. Examples seemed to be Java examples ported over to C++. It was more of a reference than a learning tool. I've looked over the CORBA spec and a lot of the material from the spec is in the book almost verbatim.

12 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars disappointed, May 17, 1999

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[e-mail] (Marburg, Germany) - See all my reviews

This review is from: C++ Programming with CORBA(r) (Paperback)

I wanted to learn corba with this book but I realized that I have to rely on other sources to learn about it. This book contains excerpts from a book about corba with java and not c++, where the reference to java was not even removed and replaced by c++. Furthermore even as the unexperienced reader in corba I found many mistakes in this book regarding object and function definitions.