Using CORBA and RMI Together
Although CORBA and RMI are generally considered competing technologies, in the Java realm, they actually work together nicely, thanks to a special blend of CORBA and RMI called RMI-IIOP.
One of the biggest knocks against CORBA version 1.0 is that it didn't define a standard protocol for object communication. Every ORB implementation was different, so you couldn't create a client with one ORB and access a server with another ORB. CORBA 2.0 introduced a standard protocol (actually a set of them) to allow different ORBs to communicate with each other. The basic protocol is called theGeneral Inter-ORB protocol (GIOP). GIOP defines the data items that an ORB must send for various requests, but doesn't address actual networking ...
Become an O’Reilly member and get unlimited access to this title plus top books and audiobooks from O’Reilly and nearly 200 top publishers, thousands of courses curated by job role, 150+ live events each month,
and much more.
Read now
Unlock full access