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Official VisiBroker for Java Handbook [Paperback]

Michael McCaffery (Author), Bill Scott (Author)

4.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (13 customer reviews) |

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Publication Date: January 8, 1999 | Series: Professional

VisiBroker is a product from Inprise and is a distributed objects technology. This "Professional Series" title discusses how to best utilise VisiBroker and how to build Java applications that accommodate it.

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Aimed at proficient Java programmers wishing to exploit CORBA 2.0, The Official VisiBroker for Java Handbook offers a tutorial into the first real Java implementation of this object-oriented communication architecture. This book also offers introductory material on CORBA itself but is decidedly tuned for a sophisticated audience.

Authors Michael McCaffery and Bill Scott bring experience in distributed computing and Java to the table with an in-depth look at the core concepts of CORBA and VisiBroker. The subject is laced with acronyms, but the material is well-organized. The writers spell out the essential CORBA concepts intertwined with VisiBroker features. After presenting the basics of the Interface Definition Language (IDL), they show how IDL data types map to Java equivalents and then proceed to more advanced issues.

Plenty of flow diagrams help illustrate the many abstract concepts addressed in the book. A companion CD-ROM includes all of the sample source code in the book as well as a 60-day trial version of the VisiBroker for Java product. A previously installed version of the Java Development Kit (JDK) is required.

Real-life CORBA applications are nontrivial indeed, and the details do not make for casual reading. Thus, this title is best-suited to coders who already have a mission with VisiBroker for Java. If this is your calling, however, this guide will help you navigate this still partially-charted territory. --Stephen W. Plain

Topics covered: CORBA architecture, IDL and Java, server and client communication, Common Object Services (COS), GateKeeper, Caffeine compilers, General Inter-ORB Protocol (GIOP), and Internet Inter-Orb Protocol (IIOP).

Product Details

Paperback: 500 pages
Publisher: Pearson Sams Publishing (January 8, 1999)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0672314517
ISBN-13: 978-0672314513
Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 7.4 x 1.4 inches
Shipping Weight: 2.1 pounds

Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (13 customer reviews)

Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #5,009,516 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Book for Visibroker 3.x, January 27, 2000

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This review is from: Official VisiBroker for Java Handbook (Paperback)

This is a very good book if you are using and JDK 1.1.x and Visibroker for java 3.x.

If you are using Visibroker 4.0 and jdk 1.2 , you may need to read the Visibroker 4.0 documentation on compatability issues before using this book.

There are also some minor typing errors.

Overall This is a great book.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Book!!! I'm buying my own personal copy..., September 8, 1999

Daniel.Smith@Gunter.af.mil (Montgomery Alabama) - See all my reviews

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This book contains info that has taken me many hours of research to find elsewhere. Wish I had found it 6-8 months ago. We have one copy in the Office and now I'm buying MY OWN copy...

I really use it that much. Great aid to teach others to use CORBA technology with JAVA.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Terrific Book, November 24, 1999

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This is the best CORBA book that I have ever seen. If you want to learn CORBA then this is the first, and probably only, book that you should buy.

One caveat is that there are quite a few typos in the text itself. These are, for the most part, easy to spot and do not detract from the high quality of the book.

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Published on May 26, 1999 by gfrosti@aol.com

5.0 out of 5 stars A must have for Visibroker for Java Development
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5.0 out of 5 stars A must have book for CORBA/JAVA developer
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5.0 out of 5 stars Good Visbroker-specific CORBA Book.
Good book for developing CORBA applications using Visibroker. Covers just about everything you would need to know to build a complete CORBA solution with Visibroker.

Published on May 12, 1999

5.0 out of 5 stars The most comprehensive book on Visibroker for Java to date!
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