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The new emergent Object Web framework includes Web servers in the middleware, Java applets in the front-end and Java ORBs on both sides.
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Client-side ORB (or ORBlet) can be either downloaded as part of the applet, or resident on the client host, or embedded in the browser (as planned by Netscape).
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Applet downloads via HTTP and connects via ORBlet's IIOP to a middleware ORB. This middleware ORB can be either another server or part of the Web server.
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Middleware ORB connects via IIOP to other ORBs on the CORBA bus. This mechanism enables global connectivity via CORBA white/yellow page services such as Naming Service or Trader Service and their federations.
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Client-side ORBlet is also a lightweight server - hence clients can be called by servers via the CORBA callback mechanism. This enables interactive feedback, asynchronous notification and a variety of collaboratory frameworks over the CORBA bus.
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