Pure CORBA

CORBA Event Service Patterns

The CORBA Event Service is one implementation of the Mediator pattern. The OMG Event Service specification provides for decoupled message transfer between CORBA objects. The decoupling of communication provided by the Event Service enables variability in terms of the communication modes and methods. Specifically, it gives one object (the Supplier) the capability to send messages to another object (the Consumer) that is interested in receiving those messages without having to know where the receiver is or even whether the receiver is listening. This decoupling provides several important benefits:

• Suppliers and Consumers do not themselves physically have to handle the communication, nor must they have any specific knowledge ...