Object orientation in heterogeneous distributed computing systems

Author

Nicol, John R. ; Wilkes, C. Thomas ; Manola, Frank A.

Author_Institution

GTE Lab. Inc., Waltham, MA, USA

Volume

26

Issue

6

fYear

1993

fDate

6/1/1993 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

57

Lastpage

67

Abstract

The basic properties of object orientation and their application to heterogeneous, autonomous, and distributed system to increase interoperability ar examined. It is argued that object-oriented distributed computing is a natural step forward from client-server systems. To support this claim, the differing levels of object-oriented support already found in commercially available distributed systems-in particular, the distributed computing environment of the open software foundation and the Cronus system of Bolt Beranek, Newman (BBN)-are discussed. Emerging object-oriented systems and standards are described, focusing on the convergence toward a least-common-denominator approach to object-oriented distributed computing embodied by the object management group´s common object request broker architecture.<>

Keywords

object-oriented programming; open systems; BBN; Cronus system; client-server systems; common object request broker architecture; heterogeneous distributed computing systems; interoperability; object orientation; open software foundation; standards; Computer networks; Distributed computing; Distributed databases; Information processing; Intelligent networks; Laboratories; Multimedia databases; Network servers; Object oriented modeling; Telecommunication computing;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Computer

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9162

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/2.214434

Filename

214434