Applying patterns to develop extensible ORB middleware
IEEE Communications MagazinePublished 1 April 1999
Douglas C. Schmidt, Chris Cleeland
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A case study of key patterns used to develop ORBs that can be dynamically configured and evolved for specific application requirements and network/end-system characteristics are presented.
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Distributed object computing forms the basis for next-generation application middleware. At the heart of distributed object computing are object request brokers (ORBs), which automate many tedious and error-prone distributed programming tasks. This article presents a case study of key patterns used to develop ORBs that can be dynamically configured and evolved for specific application requirements and network/end-system characteristics.
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