Description: Quick CORBA 3 delivers on its title: it provides a quick overview of the latest release of CORBA, which is the most significant updating of this core technology in almost 5 years. Written by the leading international authority on CORBA, Jon Siegel (author of the Wiley book, CORBA 3 Fundamentals and Programming), CORBA 3 explores each of the new features of CORBA.

The first chapter provides a quick summary of the new features of CORBA 3. The remaining chapters go into each subject area in more detail. The chapters in Part 1 focus on the new suite of technologies provided for component-based development. These include, valuetypes, reverse Java-to-IDL mapping, the Portable Object Adaptor (POA), Persistence, and the CORBA Component Model itself.

The rest of the book covers new features related to:
-- Interoperability -the Interoperable Naming Service
-- Security -- in particular, firewalls
-- XML to IDL mappings
-- Messaging and QoS services
-- Realtime and Embedded CORBA A companion Web site provides updates on new developments as they happen.

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