A Dynamic Platform for CORBA Component Based Applications

As the CORBA Component specification has been adopted by the OMG, it is now necessary to provide CORBA Component platforms in order to offer environment to build component-based distributed applications. This article presents one possible approach to build such a platform. This approach intends to provide a dynamic platform that would allow the incremental building of distributed applications using a prototype-based way. Presenting an overview of the CCM, this article focuses on the key elements of the CCM for a dynamic use. The four elements of our platform are then discussed: an IDL3/CIDL preprocessor, generic container servers, the graphical console, and a deployment tool. As we are currently working on the implementation of this platform, performed tasks and intended tasks are presented.