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17 Interworking Architecture

   The Interworking chapters describe a specification for communication between two similar but very distinct object management systems: Microsoft’s COM (including OLE) and the OMG’s CORBA. An optimal specification would allow objects from either system to make their key functionality visible to clients using the other system as transparently as possible. The architecture for Interworking is designed to meet this goal.

   Contents

   This chapter contains the following sections.

Section Title

Page

“Purpose of the Interworking Architecture? 17-2
“Interworking Object Model? 17-3
“Interworking Mapping Issues? 17-8
“Interface Mapping? 17-8
“Interface Composition Mappings? 17-11
“Object Identity, Binding, and Life Cycle? 17-18
“Interworking Interfaces? 17-23
“Distribution? 17-32
“Interworking Targets? 17-34
“Compliance to COM/CORBA Interworking? 17-34