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C-CoRBA )
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moh abje
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ent.
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allows
Objects to Com
municate
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Ohe 4nother
regardless
of thelr location and
imp]
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lementation
IC
to
ORBA hides
yamming
dif
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the
lang
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nd
between the Ofeiating systems,
dddress
Spaces for “the — object
eMentalon .
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BA Ptovi
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an,
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to__Write
applications that Can |
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ol
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dress Space OY fe
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FOR E,)UCATION41. USE CORBA
Chables Sepayate _Plece of software Written
in__differen
tan
quages to
interact with each
other
lt_uses an inf
\ntet faces
Which
objects Ye
etface defination language to_spedfy the
reset the OUfet Wotd -
CoRBA OVerview ~
CORBA Stah
lard_is_based on +h
e classical
Objece_tmodel_ that
defines two kinds
of distinct entities
Classes that Support ehcapsul
ation, inheritance ahd Poly mot Phisrn
and Objects that dre classes instances. The fundamental
Principle that
Was recognized by cCoRBA is the
independence OF
he _behavi
joyt of qn object ftom its
implementation. For thi
aint of View the CoRBA Standayd
Can be Seen 4s _Consis ing
Of two logical levels.
le Interface
defini
Hon eve
Defines Syntax and Seinah
ics for the Objects
Intetface
description by medns Of Orie TDL. The way th whic
IDL Ihterfaces (Can be mapped to a Progyamming lan quage
is Standardized by the CoRBA Language ~ Marfings. THe
language _mappin,
Specification Provides link to the
ext CORBA level.
le Communication
edia_Leve) :
Sfecifies
how communications have to be jmplemented -
For this
PurPose the obj
ject Request Broker
(CORB)
Specification
is
introduced .
The ORB ads 4s 4
(nket=
wy
FOR EJ UGATIONA1. USE object Communication _b' viding Set of inte
Object Creation tegistralion and access Contro]
IDL
Client K—_- 5 sever | ——_
==
prt} (ro. ORB TDL pst ||
Stub |) >——intet face | | 5keleton| 4
Object Adapter
| ’ ORB CORE 5
Fig. The tructure Of the CORBA Standard
The above fig. Shows the structure of the CoRBA Standard.
ifferent Components of the ORB are briefly degcibed in
Next
What is the onu ®
© Designeis Of CORBA
je Consortium of 100 + Companies
@ Membeis : i) Platform Vendors iv) Softwate tool develofers
if) database Vendors _V) Softwae APP. Vendors
ii) Corporate developers
ui
FOR E )UCATION41. USE Object Request Broker (ORB) : Z
i
An_object Yequest broker _(oRB) is 4 middleware 4Pplication
Comfonent that uses the Common object_tequest broke
tchitecture [CoRrBa] Spe
clficalion enabling developers to
make 4PPlication Celis within Computer hetwork.
ORB _is_an agent that tiensmits client _/ Setver ofetation
Invocaons q__distribUted environment ensures
ttansparent Object: Communication.
ORB Suppotts Wide Variety oF tiddleware Services, including
but fot limited to hotification Event triggers _ tlansaction
Processing Qhd_ Security.
lore does following things +
* Searches matches” and ~ instantidtes femote machine
Object:
|e Gathers Parameters between Skeleton ——( Remote
Client?
Getvet)
RN
RNL
Secure
Registry |
x
a
Client
Po
Web Servet
Stu
Sond
keletons
3) J
STUBS <)- It
2) Stubs ~
Va _objects
live,
Pretends
‘on client
o_da_be
Stub
Cal methods 4hd
femote Objec:
the Stub
a
e With CORBA
objectsdnd Vice Versa.
Communi-
SKE
2) Re
EfoNs - |) li
ceives _fequest
on serve
om stub ¢ talks to
Ye _Temote objects.
3) Del
vers fesponse
o_Stub
\
FOR ED lient Vs Server
/ Tn corpa a Client {sa client felative to a Particular
objective ah Object with tetetence to a Server _ object
-A client may also act as a Sewers if it has an
TDL ahd Stubs and _ Skeletons
CoRBA CORBA
3 Cent servant
ie elt
[8 8 |
TIoP
CORBA Client Sends a equest through its local oRB +o
temote ORBS Servent
a CORBA CORBA
J client Servant
Ae al
Bly
ITop
CORBA SeWvei Sends back a _fesponse fo be a emote
ORB
FOR E0SCATION 1. USE Main Component
The ORB (Object Request broker) Enables to Communication
between Clients an
objects
Ocdted
qs
Various clients.
CORBA Objects: Virtual”
entity C4
dble
oF being
sj
locdted by 4n
ORB Allow,
requests to
be
invoked on it
SerVents :
Ohe OF More
Objects
the programming language entity that implements
CORBA
Object Adaptots : The
“glue”
betweeh
ervants dhd the CRB
[Distributed object Model :
CoRBA objects dre belng Components that
n_Yeslde anywhere in NetWork . Corba objects Can
be _transqctiond) , Secure _ lockable 4 ersistent.
Remote Client Can 4¢cess Server Objects Without Khowledge
of thelr location Platform ture Ofeidting System for
implemen talon Idhqudge. Ihtetface dre Specified in the
Neutral IDL. Tt Cohtains Inteiface fesPosltery for
Legistered CORBA Setvet_ComPonents. ThtetFaces _dfe the
represented ina Meta data” format so that they Cin be
discovered dynamically at yn time.
=)
FOR E,SJCATIONA1. USE [TyPes of Corba technology and business objects :
CORBA basic Pe,
Host of the CoRBA +Ufes rap directly
onto ctt +4Pes ahd can be Used transparently to Crt
The following basic C++ +t¥Pes map directly Into CoRBA tyPe
© Atomic data types :
= Boolean
> cha
= Double
= Float
= Long
shor
= Vlong (unsigned Long)
—Ushort (unsigned short)
= Enum C €humerations)
— Ulong long (unsigned long long)
All of these types die SoPed to the CORBA clas.
qnd_must be declared accordingly . Their use in Ctt 46 i
thdnsParent and straight forward
For €XamPle +
CoRBA i: Short 4 Short Varigble ;
a Short Variable = 12>
forwajd to Use before
Corba tyres de ot _4s_Straight
references to the (aller -
ecause they return Objects
FOR EDUCATION. USE ||Behefits of coRBA Technology:
1) Naturily
The obiginal Vetdon of the (oRBA standard Was defined_in
qa thus fitst Velsion_of the _Sfeclficabion_twds_delibetately
imited’ in Scope The omu's Philosophy was to define
Smal) Standard, let Implementation gain exPerience + then
Slowly exfand the
