Novell exteNd Messaging Platform 5.1

Object Request Broker (ORB) - README


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Introduction

Thank you for your interest in Novell exteNd Messaging Platform's ORB. This ORB is an enterprise-class, high performance, and scalable Java CORBA ORB runtime, services, and development tools.

Version 5.1 of the ORB is CORBA 2.4 compliant. It includes features like the forward (IDL to Java) and reverse (Java RMI to IIOP, and Java RMI to IDL) compilers, Portable Object Adapter (POA), Objects by Value, Server Activation, IIOP Connection Concentrator, Pluggable Authentication support, IIOP/SSL, COS Name Service, Multicast Object Invocations, and Object Transaction Service pluggability.

Please see the datasheet for the list of all features, and the Release Notes for the list of new and improved features.

Key Features in this Release

Version 5.1 of the ORB is a minor release with the following features: Version 4.0 is a major release supporting CORBA requirements for J2EE 1.3. It provides several new and improved features:

System Requirements

The ORB is currently supported on the various Windows platforms (95, 98, ME, NT, 2K, and XP), Solaris Sparc 2.5.1+, Redhat Linux, and NetWare 6.5.

Note: Officially, the ORB's support for Windows 95, and Windows 98 is client only. Using Windows 95 and 98 as a server is possible for test or demonstration purposes, but is not recommended for any type of mission critical or production application.

For a complete list of JDK versions, please see the release notes.

The HTTP Tunnel feature of the ORB requires a Servlet 2.2+ runtime.

Java 2 Support

The ORB supports the Java 2 platform in several key ways.

Documentation

This release comes with reference documentation as well as a tutorial that will familiarize you with the various features of the ORB.

Sample Programs

We have included several sample programs that showcase ORB features.
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