The latest release of CORBA boasts many new features that were highly anticipated by developers, including all of the necessary services for building fully distributed applications regardless of platform or programming language. Written by a leading international authority on CORBA and the bestselling author of CORBA 3 Fundamentals and Programming, Second Edition (0-471-29518-3), this book delivers on its title, providing a quick and easy-to-understand reference to CORBA 3 for developers who just need the basics to the upgrade--and don't have the time to read a huge reference guide. After reviewing the features grouped under the CORBA 3 banner, Siegel goes on to describe the integration of CORBA with Java and the Internet, mapping XML to OMG IDL, messaging, QoS control including specializations for Real-Time and embedded systems, and the CORBA Component Model (CCM).

JON SIEGEL, PhD, is Director of Technology Transfer at the Object Management Group (OMG), where he heads their technology transfer program with the goal of teaching the technical aspects and benefits of the Object Management Architecture, including CORBA, the CORBA services, the Domain specifications in vertical markets, and the modeling specifications UML, MOF, XMI, and CWM.

Prologue: CORBA and Distributed Computing Grow Up Together. INTEGRATION WITH JAVA AND THE INTERNET. The Valuetype, and the Java-to-IDL Mapping. Mapping XML to OMG IDL. Interoperable Naming Service. QUALITY-OF-SERVICE CONTROL. Additions to CORBA Interoperability. Quality-of-Service Policies. Real-Time CORBA. Fault-Tolerant CORBA. Minimum CORBA. CCM AND SUPPORTING SPECIFICATIONS. The Portable Object Adapter (POA). The Persistent State Service (PSS). CORBA Component Model. SPECIFICATIONS SUPPORTING MODELING AND DESIGN MODELING DISTRIBUTED APPLICATIONS WITH UML IMPLEMENTING METAMODELS AND REPOSITORIES USING THE MOF EXPANDING OMG'S REACH: THE MODEL-DRIVEN ARCHITECTURE. Appendix: Sources and References.