CORBA, RMI and Java (Convergence Of Object Models)

• Java with its mobile code facility handles inter-object communications within its native environment.

  • The Java RMI and Java Serialization interfaces allow Java-Objects to migrate around the network, heedless of what hardware platform they land on, and then control each other remotely.

• Only the Java Programming language has an inverse mapping to IDL.

  • This allows the programmer to stay in the Java world during the developmental stage of distributed applications.

• Convergence of Object models.

  • Support for the notion of abstract interfaces distinct from implementations or classes
  • Interface inheritance mechanisms are mostly identical.

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