Distributed Systems Architecture

A Middleware Approach
Erscheinungsjahr 2005
ISBN: 978-1-55860-648-7
Verlag: Elsevier Science

Buch, Englisch, 344 Seiten, Format (B × H): 197 mm x 244 mm, Gewicht: 854 g

Middleware is the bridge that connects distributed applications across different physical locations, with different hardware platforms, network technologies, operating systems, and programming languages. This book describes middleware from two different perspectives: from the viewpoint of the systems programmer and from the viewpoint of the applications programmer. It focuses on the use of open source solutions for creating middleware and the tools for developing distributed applications. The design principles presented are universal and apply to all middleware platforms, including CORBA and Web Services. The authors have created an open-source implementation of CORBA, called MICO, which is freely available on the web. MICO is one of the most successful of all open source projects and is widely used by demanding companies and institutions, and has also been adopted by many in the Linux community.

Zielgruppe

Distributed system architects, software developers, students

Autoren/Hrsg.

Puder, Arno

Römer, Kay

Pilhofer, Frank

Fachgebiete

• Mathematik | Informatik EDV | Informatik Programmierung | Softwareentwicklung Prozedurale Programmierung
• Mathematik | Informatik EDV | Informatik Programmierung | Softwareentwicklung Programmier- und Skriptsprachen

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface; 1 Introduction; 2 Basic Concepts; 3 Introduction to CORBA; 4 ORB; 5 ORB Design; 6 Interoperability; 7 Object Adapters; 8 Invocation Adapters; 9 IDL compiler; 10 CORBA and Beyond; Appendix A MICO Installation; B Mico Implementation Overview; C Mico Implementation Details; D Sample Application; List of Figures; Glossary; Bibliography; Index

Über Autor(innen)

Puder, Arno
Arno Puder received his master's degree in computer science from the University of Kaiserslautern and his Ph.D. from the University of Frankfurt/Main, Germany. After working for Deutsche Telekom AG and AT&T Labs, he is currently a professor of computer science at San Francisco State University. His special interests include distributed systems and wireless sensor networks.

Pilhofer, Frank
Frank Pilhofer received his masters in computer science from the University of Frankfurt/Main, Germany. After completing MICO's CORBA Components implementation, he joined Mercury Computer Systems, where he now works on component-based, real-time data streaming middleware for Software Radio.

Römer, Kay
Kay Römer is currently a senior researcher and lecturer at ETH Zurich (Switzerland). He received his Ph.D. in computer science from ETH with a thesis on sensor networks. Kay holds a master's degree in computer science from the University of Frankfurt/Main, Germany. His research interests encompass sensor networks, software infrastructures for ubiquitous computing, and middleware for distributed systems.