6.11 Middleware Examples and Support Technologies
6.11.1 The Common Object Request Broker Architecture (CORBA)
There are many types of middleware; CORBA is a standard defined by the Object Management Group (OMG) and is one of the best-known and historically most widely used examples. CORBA has been around since 1991 and is therefore considered to be a legacy technology by some practitioners, in some opinions superseded by other technologies such as Web services (see later). However, it still has many strengths and is still is in use.
CORBA serves as a useful reference model by which to explain some of the mechanics of middleware operation and some of the transparency aspects of middleware.
6.11.1.1 Motivation for CORBA
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