Friday, January 26, 2007

What are the similarities and differences between RMI and CORBA?

Similarities

Hide communication to remote objects behind method calls
Use stub/skeleton approach
Provide a Naming Service
Differences

RMI is Java-only, CORBA is multi-language
CORBA is more sophisticated - will have greater overhead
CORBA offers many additional services e.g. persistence, events, application-domain services.

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