Corba Middleware for a Palm Operating System
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Abstract:
Typically, Computer Networks are heterogeneous and therefore require
special middleware applications in order to enable communication
across their diverse platforms. Middleware applications make the task
of writing software applications for heterogeneous systems easier, by
applying platform-independent models and abstractions, and by hiding
as much low-level complexity as possible without unduly sacrificing
performance.
The Common Object Request Broker Architecture (CORBA) standard
provides a set of rules for writing such platform independent
middleware. CORBA applications require lots of functionality in order
to unite diverse platforms within a heterogeneous system, and are
therefore bulky and computation intensive. Generally, they are used on
machines with considerable memory and processing resources, that can
cope with them.
The challenge posed by this project was to write a condensed and
extensible piece of CORBA middleware, that could operate effectively
on a resource restricted handheld device, thus providing a portable data
access device, that can conveniently fit into a shirt pocket.
Author: Connolly, Mary
Advisor:
Donnelly, AlexisQualification name:
Master of Science (M.Sc.)Collections:
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