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2 CORBA Overview

   The Common Object Request Broker Architecture (CORBA) is structured to allow integration of a wide variety of object systems. The motivation for some of the features may not be apparent at first, but as we discuss the range of implementations, policies, optimizations, and usages we expect to encompass, the value of the flexibility becomes more clear.

   Contents

   This chapter contains the following sections.

Section Title

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“Structure of an Object Request Broker? 2-1
“Example ORBs? 2-11
“Structure of a Client? 2-12
“Structure of an Object Implementation? 2-13
“Structure of an Object Adapter? 2-15
“CORBA Required Object Adapter? 2-17
“The Integration of Foreign Object Systems? 2-17