System Object Model
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System Object Model (SOM) is an object-oriented shared library system. DSOM, a distributed version based on CORBA, allowed objects on different computers to communicate. System Object Model (SOM, SOMObjects) is a language neutral object model.
Products
- IBM System Object Model/6000 (SOM/6000)
- IBM SOMobjects Developer Toolkit Version 2.1 for OS/2, AIX and Windows (10H9767)
- IBM SOMobjects Workgroup Enabler Version 2.1 for OS/2, AIX and Windows (10H9769)
- IBM SOMobjects for OS/400
Documentation
IBM System Object Model (SOM) Online Books
Runtime
Component | |
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SOM Run-time Kernel | SRK |
SOM Event Management Framework | SEM |
Distributed SOM Framework | SDS |
SOMobjects Interface Repository Framework | SIR |
SOMobjects Utility Classes | SUT |
- Syslevel
- Version 2.01.5 - SM20012
Files
System Object Model runtime included with OS/2 Warp Version 4 consists of the following files:
Directory | Name | Comments |
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\OS2 | SOMDD.EXE | DSOM daemon. It must be started prior to running a DSOM application |
SOMDSVR.EXE | Generic DSOM server program | |
\OS2\DLL | SOM.DLL | SOM Run-time Library |
SOMD.DLL | Distributed SOM (DSOM) | |
SOMEM.DLL | SOM Event Manager | |
SOMIR.DLL | CORBA Interface Repository support | |
SOMS.DLL | SOM Sockets library | |
SOMSEC.DLL | SOM Security library | |
SOMTC.DLL | CORBA TypeCode support | |
SOMU.DLL | Metaclass framework | |
SOMUC.DLL | Collection Class Library | |
\OS2\ETC | SOM.IR | SOM Implementation Repository. Types, classes, and methods provided by the SOMobjects Framework |
\OS2\ETC\DSOM | SOMDCLS.DAT | Distributed SOM class database |
SOMDCLS.TOC | Distributed SOM class index | |
SOMDIMPL.DAT | Distributed SOM implementation database | |
SOMDIMPL.TOC | Distributed SOM implementation index | |
\OS2\SYSTEM | SOMD.MSG | Messages for SOMD.DLL |
SOME_OS2.MSG | ||
SOMK.MSG | SOM error messages file |
Articles
- Jennifer Hamilton: Interlanguage Object Sharing with SOM
- EDM/2 SOM Articles
Publications
- G221-3651-02: SOMobjects Specification Sheet - IBM 1995-04
- Books
- Christina Lau: Object-Oriented Programming Using SOM and DSOM - Van Nostrand Reinhold 1994, ISBN 0-442-01948-3
- Jennifer Hamilton: Programming with DirectToSOM C++ - Wiley 1996, ISBN 0-471-16004-0
- Robert Orfali, Dan Harkey, Jeri Edwards: The Essential Distributed Objects Survival Guide - Wiley 1996, ISBN 0-471-12993-3
- Articles
IBM Personal Systems Magazine
- Brian Curran: Why SOM? (Mar/Apr 1996)
- Rick Weaver: IBM System Object Model—The Wave of the Future (and Now!)
- Geoff Hambrick: Enabling Industrial-Strength OO Applications with SOM and CORBAservices
PC Magazine
- Gabrielle Gagnon: Exploring IBM's SOM - series of articles