Programming Mobile Objects with Java [Paperback]

Jeff Nelson (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0471254061 | ISBN-13: 978-0471254065 | Publication Date: January 11, 1999

A complete guide to using today's hottest new object technology in your programs

Programming Mobile Objects with Java

Mobile objects let you build incredibly flexible programs that can remake any or all of their features and capabilities on the fly, according to changing end-user demands. Now, in this practical guide to programming mobile objects with Java, expert Jeff Nelson brings you up to speed on mobile object concepts and terminology. Working examples show you how to:
* Build mobile objects with Java using CORBA, RMI, VisiBroker, and Voyager
* Integrate mobile objects with DCOM
* Create mobile components
* Build mobile groupware
* Upgrade software dynamically
* Use state-of-the-art mobile object security techniques
* Implement fault-tolerant, load-balancing distributed systems

In addition, the author provides 13 Java Design Patterns to help with your migration to mobile object technology.

The CD-ROM supplies you with:
* Complete Java code for the 13 mobile object design patterns found in this book
* Voyager, versions 1.0.1 and 2.0.0, from ObjectSpace, Inc.
* Trial Editions of Inprise's VisiBroker for Java, version 3.2 and JBuilder 2
* iBus Java Software Bus, version 0.5 from SoftWired AG, Zurich
* Together/J Whiteboard Edition, version 2.0 from Object International (www.togetherj.com)
* mpEDIT, version 1.13
* Java Development Kit, version 1.1.7 and JavaBeans Development Kit, version 1.0 from Sun Microsystems, Inc.

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Programming Mobile Objects with Java goes beyond implementation details. Several chapters are devoted to interesting application ideas using mobile objects, such as groupware and a dynamically upgradable text editor. Deployment issues such as clustering and security get their own somewhat perfunctory chapters that would not obtrude upon the generally solid presentation in their superficiality if supported by an adequate bibliography, the latter sorely lacking in this bleeding-edge rush-to-print opus. --Jack Woehr, Dr. Dobb's Electronic Review of Computer Books -- Dr. Dobb's Electronic Review of Computer Books

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A complete guide to using today's hottest new object technology in your programs

Programming Mobile Objects with Java

Mobile objects let you build incredibly flexible programs that can remake any or all of their features and capabilities on the fly, according to changing end-user demands. Now, in this practical guide to programming mobile objects with Java, expert Jeff Nelson brings you up to speed on mobile object concepts and terminology. Working examples show you how to:
* Build mobile objects with Java using CORBA, RMI, VisiBroker, and Voyager
* Integrate mobile objects with DCOM
* Create mobile components
* Build mobile groupware
* Upgrade software dynamically
* Use state-of-the-art mobile object security techniques
* Implement fault-tolerant, load-balancing distributed systems

In addition, the author provides 13 Java Design Patterns to help with your migration to mobile object technology.

The CD-ROM supplies you with:
* Complete Java code for the 13 mobile object design patterns found in this book
* Voyager, versions 1.0.1 and 2.0.0, from ObjectSpace, Inc.
* Trial Editions of Inprise's VisiBroker for Java, version 3.2 and JBuilder 2
* iBus Java Software Bus, version 0.5 from SoftWired AG, Zurich
* Together/J Whiteboard Edition, version 2.0 from Object International (www.togetherj.com)
* mpEDIT, version 1.13
* Java Development Kit, version 1.1.7 and JavaBeans Development Kit, version 1.0 from Sun Microsystems, Inc.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 601 pages
• Publisher: Wiley (January 11, 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0471254061
• ISBN-13: 978-0471254065
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 7.4 x 1.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.5 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #5,433,637 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Geeks will like this book!, April 3, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Programming Mobile Objects with Java (Paperback)

Some of the reviews here complain about typos and other non-related babble. This book is not about agents or Java. If you have ever actually programmed in Java or written software using "mobile" objects you will find this treatise helpful, informative and educational. Unless you spend all of your time re-reading your CS 303 books the latter half of this book will come in handy as a valuable reference when sketching out object models. The examples are simple and clear. I would highly recommend this book to developers who are interested in the future of distributed computing.

Chris Henderson CEO The Gluons

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars I had never seen so many mistakes in a single book, May 16, 2001

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Eduardo Patrocinio (Raleigh, NC) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Programming Mobile Objects with Java (Paperback)

I bought this book because of the chapter talking about Voyager. However, reading the book from cover to cover, I found many mistakes:

- classes extending interface (instead of implementing) see pages 42, 168, 379

- methods without return value; see pages 43, 62

- code with compiler errors; see page 121

- utilization of non-existing classes (see page 180: Invite)

- Instantiation of abstract class (see page 200)

- Unfinished code (see page 203, catch without type)

- declaration of throws exception when those exceptions are never thrown (page 239)

- error in the program logic (see page 285, where anExtension.actions should be used instead of anExtension.bundles)

- strings not closed (see page 381).

I reported these problems to the author and received no response. So, if you want to buy this book, forget about the code, because it won't compile...

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars a really nice introduction, June 6, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Programming Mobile Objects with Java (Paperback)

Looks like a really nice introduction to the area! I'm glad we have a good book like this. Nice to see "Sea of Objects" end up in print, too :-)