Object Request Broker

Object request broker (ORB) supports access to remote objects in a distributed environment.

Implementations

 * DSOM (SOMobjects 2.1)
 * CORBA
 * Fnorb - CORBA 2.0 ORB written in Python
 * Java Remote Method Invocation (RMI)

Articles

 * SOM & DSOM - An Introduction

Publications

 * Zamir: Handbook of Object Technology - CRC 1998, ISBN 978-0-8493-3135-0