Client/Server Programming with Java and CORBA

Java and CORBA are merging in cyberspace. Here's your complete guide to navigating this previously uncharted territory.

Whether you're a seasoned Java programmer, a distributed objects expert, or looking to be a little bit of both, Client/Server Programming with Java and CORBA gives you the programming know-how you need to combine these two technologies into workable client/server solutions for the Object Web.

Full of working code, tutorials, and design trade-offs, this one-of-a-kind book:

• Covers everything from simple ORBs to object activation
• Uses tutorials and a client/server benchmark to compare CORBA and its competitors—including Java/RMI, Java/DCOM, Sockets, and HTTP/CGI
• Explains in detail Netscape's ORB: VisiBroker for Java and shows you how to use Caffeine to write CORBA/Java applications without IDL
• Provides a Debit-Credit benchmark for JDBC databases used to compare 2-tier vs. 3-tier client/server solutions
• Includes a Web-based Club Med client/server application using CORBA, Java, JDBC, and applets
• Shows you how to use CORBA's dynamic facilities such as callbacks, dynamic invocations, object introspection, and the interface repository
• Compares the performance of C++ ORBs with Java ORBs
• Includes a CD-ROM with over 15 Java-based client/server applications