The essential distributed objects survival guide / Robert Orfali, Dan Harkey, Jeri Edwards.

CONTENIDO
Part 1. Client/Server With Distributed Objects 1
Chapter 1. Objects: The Next Client/Server Revolution 3
Intergalactic Client/Server Computing 4
Who Will Lead the Next Client/Server Revolution? 6
Chapter 2. From Distributed Objects to Smart Components 21
Objects and Distributed Objects 22
Components: The Grand Prize of Objects 28
Part 2. CORBA: The Distributed Object Bus 43
Chapter 3. CORBA: A Bird's Eye View 47
Distributed Objects, CORBA Style 49
OMG's Object Management Architecture 53
Chapter 4. CORBA 2.0: The Intergalactic Object Bus 67
What Exactly Is a CORBA 2.0 ORB? 68
CORBA 2.0: The Intergalactic ORB 85
Chapter 5. CORBA Metadata: IDL and Interface Repository 91
The CORBA IDL: A Closer Look 93
The CORBA 2.0 Interface Repository 98
Chapter 6. CORBA Services: Naming, Events, and Life Cycle 109
The CORBA Object Naming Service 110
The CORBA Object Trader Service 113
The CORBA Object life Cycle Service 114
The CORBA Event Service 119
Chapter 7. CORBA Services: Transactions and Concurrency 123
The CORBA Object Transaction Service 124
The CORBA Concurrency Control Service 134
Chapfer 8. CORSA Services: Persistence and Object Databases 139
The CORBA Persistent Object Service (POS) 140
Object Database Management Systems 151
Chapter 9. CORSA Services: Query and Relationships 165
The CORBA Query Service 165
The CORBA Collection Service 172
The CORBA Relationship Service 173
Chapfer 10. CORSA Services: System Management and Security 183
The CORBA Externalization Service 184
The CORBA Object licensing Service 188
The CORBA Object Property Service 192
The CORBA Object Time Service 194
The CORBA Object Change Management Service 201
Chapter 11. CORBA Commercial ORBs 203
Iona's Orbix 204
Digital's ObjectBroker 206
ObjectBroker Architecture 207
IBM's SOM 208
Expersoft's XShell 210
Sun's Distributed Objects Everywhere (DOE) 211
HP's ORB Plus 212
Who Did We leave Out? 213
Conclusion and Some Parting Comments 213
Part 3. Frameworks for Business Objects and Components 217
Chapter 12. Object Frameworks: An Overview 221
Frameworks for Business Objects and Components 231
Chapter 13. CORBA's Frameworks and Business Objects 239
Business Objects 240
CORBA's Common Facilities 246
Chapter 14. Compound Documents: The Desktop Framework 261
Compound Documents: Why AII the Fuss? 262
The Compound Document Framework 266
Chapter 15. The OpenDoc Component Model 271
Parts: Components, OpenDoc Style 272
OpenDoc's Constituent Technologies 272
OpenDoc: Who Ships What? 277
ComponentGlue: OpenDoc Becomes OLE and Vice Versa 278
What OpenDoc Does for Client/Server Systems 279
Chapter 16. OLE/COM: The Other Component Standard 283
OLE for the Enterprise 284
What Is OLE? 284
OLE's Constituent Technologies 288
OLE Tools and Foundation Classes 293
Chapter 17. Taligent's CommonPoint: Frameworks Everywhere 297
Integrated Frameworks 298
People, Places, and Things 302
Compound Documents, CommonPoint Style 307
Chapter 18. NeXT's OpenStep and Portable Distributed Objects 313
Who Is Doing What With OpenStep? 314
What Is OpenStep? 315
Chapter 19. Newi: Cooperative Business Objects 325
Newi's Business Objects 326
The Newi ORB and Business Object Framework 329
Part 4. OpenDoc Under the Hood 339
Chapter 20. OpenDoc and SOM: The ObJect Model 343
What SOM Brings to the Party 344
The OpenDoc Programming Model 346
Chapter 21. OpenDoc: The Compound Document Model 357
Binding: Creating the OpenDoc Environment 358
Layout and Geometry Management 361
Event Distribution and Arbitration 368
Chapter 22. OpenDoc: Bento and Storage Units 373
The Bento Storage System 375
OpenDoc Storage Units 377
Conclusion 385
Chapter 23. OpenDoc: Uniform Data Transfer 387
Drag-and-Drop Transfers 389
Clipboard Transfers 391
Linked Data Transfers 394
Conclusion 398
Chapter 24. OpenDoc: Automation and Semantic Events 399
The Brave New World of OpenDoc Scripting 401
The OpenDoc Extension Mechanism 407
Semantic Events 410
Scripting and Automation 418
Part 5. OLE/COM Under the Hood 425
Chapter 25. COM: OLE's Object Bus 429
COM: The Object Bus 431
COM Object Services 441
Chapter 26. OLE: Automation, Scripting, and Type libraries 453
Automation, OLE Style 454
Building OLE Automation Servers 461
How OLE Creates and Manages Type Information 464
Chapter 27. OLE: Uniform Data Transfer 475
OLE's Data Transfer Model 476
Clipboard Transfers, OLE Style 479
Drag-and-Drop Transfers 481
Linked Data Transfers 484
Chapter 28. OLE: Structured Storage and Monikers 489
OLE's Structured Storage: Compound Files 490
Persistent Objects 497
Monikers: Persistent, Intelligent Names 501
Chapter 29. OLE: Compound Documents and OCXs 507
The OLE Compound Document Model 508
The Minimalist Container/Server 511
OLE Custom Controls (OCXs) 523
Part 6. Component Nirvana: Client/Server With Parts 533
Chapter 30. Which Component Model? 535
Should You Bet on COM/OLE or CORBA/OpenDoc? 536
COM/OLE and CORBA/OpenDoc: Can We Interoperate? 543
Chapter 31. Client/Server With Component Suites 551
Client/Server With Component Suites 552
The Component Market Infrastructure 554