CORBA design goals/characteristics:

• No need to pre-determine:

  • The programming language
  • The hardware platform
  • The operating system
  • The specific object request broker
  • The degree of object distribution

• Open Architecture:

  • Language-neutral Interface Definition Language (IDL)
  • Language, platform and location transparent

• Objects could act as clients, servers or both

• The Object Request Broker (ORB) mediates the interaction between client and object

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