Java Programming with CORBA (OMG) [Paperback]

Andreas Vogel (Author), Keith Duddy (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0471247650 | ISBN-13: 978-0471247654 | Publication Date: February 1998 | Edition: 2

Create industrial-strength enterprise applications using Java and CORBA

Java developers, here's your chance to quickly master the skills you need to create powerful, CORBA-based business applications that interact with objects located anywhere on a network or the Internet, regardless of differences in operating systems or languages.

With this second edition, experts Vogel and Duddy have written two books in one: the first is a step-by-step introduction to programming with Java ORBs; the second is a solutions guide that provides detailed examples and design patterns for next-generation, Internet-based distributed systems. The authors provide many real-world examples to illustrate programming techniques, including complete code samples (not just snippets).

This completely updated and revised Second Edition features new and expanded coverage of:
* CORBA 2.1
* Java IDL
* Such advanced features as DII, DSI, and ANY
* CORBA Services for Naming, Trading, Events, and Security
* CORBA Beans
* Proven design patterns for Internet-based applications based on extensive, real-world project experience.

All examples are written using the Visigenic Visibroker ORB, but the techniques shown will work with any ORB you choose. Code and patterns are provided in source form in the book; complete source code is provided on the companion website.

Java Programming with CORBA, Second Edition gets you up to speed on what you need to know to satisfy the growing demand for fully interoperable, distributed, object-oriented enterprise applications.

On the book's companion website -www.wiley.com/compbooks/vogel-you'll find:
* All code from the book, ready to download
* Sample ORBs, including Visibroker.

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com Review

Java, CORBA, and distributed computing are all hot technologies. The authors of Java Programming with CORBA show you how to combine them all in order to create state-of-the-art distributed systems. This text, which is good as an introduction or an ongoing reference, shows off the advantages Java offers for writing remote distributed applications using CORBA.

Java Programming with CORBA begins with a tour of what CORBA is (a vendor-neutral standard) and how it enables distributed computing. The authors cover the nuts and bolts of remote invocation, Interface Definition Language (IDL), and Java Remote Method Invocation (RMI), as well as built-in services in CORBA for locating objects, security, and events. They also introduce the Visigenic Visibroker object request broker (ORB) (though all the code should work with other ORBs as well).

This text also offers a quick tour of Java and the advantages it offers for writing distributed code with its RMI capability. Sample code, including a room-booking system, shows off the details of actually using CORBA. Advanced topics include how to use advanced IDL features and security and how to enhance distributed performance with multithreading. In all, the authors make a good case that CORBA and Java are tools whose time has come. This book is a wise choice for anyone thinking of working in CORBA with Java. -- Richard Dragan

From the Back Cover

Create industrial-strength enterprise applications using Java and CORBA

Java developers, here's your chance to quickly master the skills you need to create powerful, CORBA-based business applications that interact with objects located anywhere on a network or the Internet, regardless of differences in operating systems or languages.

With this second edition, experts Vogel and Duddy have written two books in one: the first is a step-by-step introduction to programming with Java ORBs; the second is a solutions guide that provides detailed examples and design patterns for next-generation, Internet-based distributed systems. The authors provide many real-world examples to illustrate programming techniques, including complete code samples (not just snippets).

This completely updated and revised Second Edition features new and expanded coverage of:
* CORBA 2.1
* Java IDL
* Such advanced features as DII, DSI, and ANY
* CORBA Services for Naming, Trading, Events, and Security
* CORBA Beans
* Proven design patterns for Internet-based applications based on extensive, real-world project experience.

All examples are written using the Visigenic Visibroker ORB, but the techniques shown will work with any ORB you choose. Code and patterns are provided in source form in the book; complete source code is provided on the companion website.

Java Programming with CORBA, Second Edition gets you up to speed on what you need to know to satisfy the growing demand for fully interoperable, distributed, object-oriented enterprise applications.

On the book's companion website -www.wiley.com/compbooks/vogel-you'll find:
* All code from the book, ready to download
* Sample ORBs, including Visibroker.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 528 pages
• Publisher: Wiley; 2 edition (February 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0471247650
• ISBN-13: 978-0471247654
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 7.5 x 1.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (16 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,700,728 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars An excellent reference book., April 6, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Java Programming with CORBA (OMG) (Paperback)

This is an excellent reference book for Java CORBA programming. It is concise and well-indexed. It is not a "how-to-program CORBA from Java" book. Although it does have a number of good examples and some tutorial sections, Orfali & Harkey's "Client/Server Programming with Java and CORBA" is a better book for programming "how to" information. Similarly, if you are looking for more information about the underlying protocol, Henning & Vinoski's "Advanced CORBA Programming with C++" has better low-level CORBA coverage.

14 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Don't buy it unless you use Borland ORB, October 31, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Java Programming with CORBA (OMG) (Paperback)

This book is only useful if u have Borland's ORB. The examples DO NOT RUN without it. Go with SUN documentation if you wonna write truly portable clients

10 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Treatment of the Subject; A Must For Designers, September 2, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: Java Programming with CORBA (OMG) (Paperback)

I am an instructor for Visigenic Software, Inc. (now Inprise), so I have extensive exposure to training materials and information in this subject area. I received a copy of this book several months ago, but only recently got the time to read it thoroughly. Wow. This book is terrific in many ways. Firstly, it covers the "behind the scenes" aspects of the OMG process and makes numerous references to the way things happen in the standards world. This is only lightly treated in other texts. Next, with most of the vendor-specific dependencies removed, I discovered a number of techniques for making an implementation more independent of the ORB. Thirdly, there is a terrific coverage of the POA -- the serious OA of the near future. Finally, the last several chapters are devoted to the issues in producing a *real* implementation. I found a treasure trove of information relevant to deployment and systems architecture. I have not seen a book as well-rounded and practical as this one. If you are concerned about actually *building* systems using CORBA and Java and not just getting a trivial example to work, then this is the one for you!