Corba - Basic

Architecture and Concepts

• What is CORBA ? What is defined in the CORBA standard ?
• How is CORBA used ?
• CORBA design patterns
• Good and bad practise using CORBA
• What are CORBA services ?

IDL

• IDL definition, IDL types, TDL structure
• Good/Bad IDL design
• The motivation behind IDL
• The constructs of IDL
• Usage of Simple IDL Data Types
• Usage of Complex IDL Data Types
• Usage of IDL exceptions
• Understanding IDL Interfaces
• Understanding IDL Attributes & Operations
• Understanding Interface Inheritance
• Understanding and differentiate Value Types / Abstract types

Client Side

• Basics of client development
• Understanding of Server location (IOR, naming service, corbaloc, corbaname)

Server Side

• Basics of server development with POA
• Identify the POA policy corresponding to a given situation
• Managing object life cycle with POA (Object creation and activation, Servant managers, Servant activators and servant locators, Default servants, Object deactivation, POA managers and request flow , control, POA activation)

GIOP/IIOP Portable Interceptors

• Understanding Portable Interceptors (PI)
• Understanding the Lifecycle of Portable Interceptors (PI)