subsections:
slide: Client/server pair

Transport and Services

WebCorba
ServicesHTMLIDL
TransportHTTPORB/IIOP

Alternatives
  • ANSAWeb -- CORBA-based Web infrastructure
  • WebBroker -- HTTP as a transport protocol for ORBs
  • orblets -- Java applets with ORB
slide: Transport and services
slide: Java applet with ORB
slide: Processing steps

  1. get the HTML page,
  2. load the applet,
  3. start the applet,
  4. connect to a CORBA server from the applet,
  5. get access to the remote objects,
  6. connect optionally to a database, and
  7. send output either in HTML format or directly to the applet.
slide: Client-Server/CGI
slide: Content store
slide: Netscape Enterprise Server
slide: Business logic
slide: Microsoft DNA