Table of Contents

Partial table of contents: CORBA MEETS JAVA. Client/Server, CORBA-Style. Meet the CORBA/Java ORBs. CORE CORBA/JAVA. Your First CORBA Program. ORBlets Meets Applets. THE DYNAMIC CORBA. The Dynamic Count. MultiCount: The Jazzed-Up Count. CORBA AND ITS COMPETITORS. Sockets Versus CORBA/Java ORBs. RMI Versus CORBA/Java ORBs. DCOM Versus CORBA/Java ORBs. THE EXISTENTIAL CORBA. How Do I Find My ORB? Metadata: Who Am I? JDBC 2-TIER VERSUS 3-TIER. JDBC Primer. 2-Tier Debit-Credit with JDBC. FROM JAVABEANS TO ENTERPRISE JAVABEANS. The Smiley JavaBean. The Persistent JavaBean. Cobra Beans. GRAND FINALE: CLUB MED WITH COBRA/JAVABEANS. The Club Med 3-Tier Client/Server. The Club Med Client Beans. CORBA/Java: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly. Where to Go for More Information. Index.

About the Author

Robert Orfali and Dan Harkey are client/server system creators and distributed object consultants for IBM. They also head the CORBA/Java distributed objects master's program and lab at San Jose State University.