System Object Model: Difference between revisions

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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.

Documentation

Files

System Object Model runtime included with OS/2 Warp Version 4 consists of the following files:

Name	Comments
SOM.DLL	SOM Run-time Library
SOM.IR	SOM Implementation Repository. Types, classes, and methods provided by the SOMobjects Framework
SOMD.DLL	Distributed SOM (DSOM)
SOMD.MSG	Messages for SOMD.DLL
SOMDCLS.DAT	Distributed SOM class database
SOMDCLS.TOC	Distributed SOM class index
SOMDD.EXE	DSOM daemon. It must be started prior to running a DSOM application
SOMDIMPL.DAT	Distributed SOM implementation database
SOMDIMPL.TOC	Distributed SOM implementation index
SOMDSVR.EXE	Generic DSOM server program
SOMEM.DLL	SOM Event Manager
SOMIR.DLL	CORBA Interface Repository support
SOMK.MSG	SOM error messages file
SOMS.DLL	SOM Sockets - soms library
SOMSEC.DLL	SOM Security library
SOMTC.DLL	CORBA TypeCode support
SOMU.DLL	Metaclass framework
SOMUC.DLL	Collection Class Library

Articles

EDM/2 SOM Articles

Replacement

somFree is a Portable implementation of SOM, but it hasn't been ported to OS/2-eCS. It is open source under the LGPL v3.
NOM (Netlabs Object Model) was an implementation of SOM that was going to be part of Voyager, but it never got finished.

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 ==Files==
-System Object Model on OS/2 Warp 4.5x is composed by the following files:
+System Object Model runtime included with [[OS/2 Warp Version 4]] consists of the following files:
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+{| class="wikitable"
-|-
 !Name !!Comments
 |-
-|[[SOM.DLL]] || SOM Run-time Library.
+|[[SOM.DLL]] || SOM Run-time Library
-|-
-|[[SOM.IR]] ||  SOM Implementation Repository. Types, classes, and methods provided by the SOMobjects Framework.
 |-
-| [[SOMD.DLL]] || Distributed SOM (DSOM).
+|[[SOM.IR]] ||  SOM Implementation Repository. Types, classes, and methods provided by the SOMobjects Framework
 |-
-| [[SOMD.MSG]] || Messages for SOMD.DLL.
+| [[SOMD.DLL]] || Distributed SOM (DSOM)
 |-
-| [[SOMDCLS.DAT]] || Distributed SOM class database.
+| [[SOMD.MSG]] || Messages for SOMD.DLL
 |-
-| [[SOMDCLS.TOC]] || Distributed SOM class index.
+| [[SOMDCLS.DAT]] || Distributed SOM class database
 |-
-| [[SOMDD.EXE]] || DSOM daemon. It must be started prior to running a DSOM application.
+| [[SOMDCLS.TOC]] || Distributed SOM class index
 |-
-| [[SOMDIMPL.DAT]] || Distributed SOM implementation database.
+| [[SOMDD.EXE]] || DSOM daemon. It must be started prior to running a DSOM application
 |-
-| [[SOMDIMPL.TOC]] || Distributed SOM implementation index.
+| [[SOMDIMPL.DAT]] || Distributed SOM implementation database
 |-
-| [[SOMDSVR.EXE]] ||Generic DSOM server program.
+| [[SOMDIMPL.TOC]] || Distributed SOM implementation index
 |-
-| [[SOMEM.DLL]] ||SOM Event Manager.
+| [[SOMDSVR.EXE]] ||Generic DSOM server program
 |-
-| [[SOMIR.DLL]] || CORBA Interface Repository support.
+| [[SOMEM.DLL]] ||SOM Event Manager
 |-
-| [[SOMK.MSG]] || SOM error messages file.
+| [[SOMIR.DLL]] || CORBA Interface Repository support
 |-
-| [[SOMS.DLL]] || SOM Sockets - soms library.
+| [[SOMK.MSG]] || SOM error messages file
 |-
-| [[SOMSEC.DLL]] || SOM Security library.
+| [[SOMS.DLL]] || SOM Sockets - soms library
 |-
-| [[SOMTC.DLL]] || CORBA TypeCode support.
+| [[SOMSEC.DLL]] || SOM Security library
 |-
-| [[SOMU.DLL]] || Metaclass framework.
+| [[SOMTC.DLL]] || CORBA TypeCode support
 |-
-| [[SOMUC.DLL]] || Collection Class Library.
+| [[SOMU.DLL]] || Metaclass framework
 |-
+| [[SOMUC.DLL]] || Collection Class Library
 |}