CORBA ==>
Common Object Request Broker Architecture
<standard, programming> (CORBA) An Object Management Group specification
which provides a standard messaging interface between distributed objects.
The original CORBA specification (1.1) has been revised through version 2 (CORBA
2) with the latest specification being version 3 (CORBA 3). In its most basic
form CORBA consists of the Interface Definition Language (IDL) and the Dynamic
Invocation Interface (DII).
The IDL definition is complied into a Stub (client) and Skeleton (server)
component that communicate through an Object Request Broker (ORB). When an ORB
determines that a request is to a remote object, it may execute the request by
communicating with the remote ORB.
The Corba IDL can be mapped to a number of languages including C, C++, Java,
COBOL, Smalltalk, Ada, Lisp, Python, and IDLscript. CORBA ORBs are widely
available for a number of platforms. The OMG standard for inter-ORB
communication is IIOP, this ensures that all CORBA 2 compliant ORBS are able to
interoperate.
See also COSS, Component Object Model, RMI.
OMG CORBA site.
(2003-11-21)
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