Xanalys's Common Lisp Object Request Broker ? (ORB ? ) supports the Common Object Request Broker Architecture (CORBA ® ) defined by Object Management Group ® , Inc. (OMG ? ).
The LispWorks ORB and supporting tools provide CORBA architecture functionality to Common Lisp programmers, combining standardized distributed system development with a state-of-the-art dynamic object-oriented language.
The CORBA components included in The LispWorks ORB are:
The client side of the ORB runtime plus the IDL parser.
The server side, the actual LispWorks ORB, which loads corba-support
if it is not present.
Graphical tools.
of the examples subfolder of the LispWorks installation folder.
This manual is intended for use by application programmers who wish to build CORBA applications using Common Lisp. The guide assumes that the reader is familiar with both the Common Lisp programming language and with building distributed applications using CORBA.
The LispWorks ORB conforms to the CORBA 2.0 specification with some elements of CORBA 2.2, most notably the Portable Object Adapter (POA).
Many resources exist for those who want to learn about CORBA and distributed software development. The OMG maintains a great starting point for beginners at:
http://www.omg.org/gettingstarted
Some recommended highlights are:
http://www.infosys.tuwien.ac.at/Research/Corba/OMG/arch2.htm#446864
Published by John Wiley & Sons, 1997
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