Technologies in Self Provisioning Applications

Abstract

This master thesis concerns the technologies of Self Provisioning Applications in the context of distributed computing. Our investigation focuses on what distributed object communication technology to use in homogenous and heterogeneous environment respectively. This thesis consists of an evaluation of two modern communication technologies, Common Object Request Broker Architecture (CORBA) and Remote Method Invocation (RMI). The focus of the evaluation is from a programmerâs perspective. To investigate this, we have studied literature, made interviews and analyzed frequently asked question on the Internet. We have also developed a prototype for a Self Provisioning Application using Java and Java DataBase Connectivity (JDBC). One part of the prototype was implemented using CORBA and the other part using RMI. We consider CORBA and RMI to be complementing rather than competing technologies. What technology to use depends on what environment the system will inter-operate within and the systems complexity.