HORB

• Object Request Broker for Java

  • allows remote objects to be used just like local objects
  • no need to handle sockets directly
  • Developed by Satoshi Hirano of ETL, Japan

• Similar to RMI, but

  • works with JDK 1.0 (works w/ Netscape 2.0 and up)
  • remote objects do not need to extend a particular class
    • allows classes in existing hierarchies to be made remote
    • more flexibility
  • faster

• Recent Articles

  • JavaWorld, Dec. ‘97: article by Junzo Hagimoto
    • http://www.javaworld.com/javaworld/jw-12-1997/jw-12-horb.html
  • Dr. Dobb’s Journal, Dec. ‘97: “Object Models and Java” by Jean-Marie Chauvet and Marc Lerman

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