CORBA with Mac OS X
CORBA with Mac OS X
- Subject: CORBA with Mac OS X
- From: David Sinclair <email@hidden>
- Date: Fri, 19 Oct 2001 14:08:53 -0700
Greetings.
Firstly, let me introduce myself. I have been developing Macintosh
software for over ten years, both commercially and as a hobby
(shareware). I was born and raised in New Zealand, and I'm the lead
developer of a Mac-based medical practice management system used in
that country. I moved to the US earlier this year, and am working on
a contract basis for the NZ company while developing new projects in
the US. Until now, I've used Pascal under CodeWarrior, for legacy
reasons (yes, hard to believe, but there are still people out there
that use Pascal!). But I am keen to use Objective-C with Cocoa under
Mac OS X.
The NZ company also has a Windows-based product (written in Delphi):
a server/client practice management system that was originally based
on the old Mac product that I work on. We want to replace the legacy
Mac product with a new client application that connects to the
Windows-based server. The preferred method for this is CORBA.
I am therefore researching the possibility of using CORBA under Mac
OS X. From what I've found so far, it appears that Mac OS X has
CORBA support built in to Java with Apple's Project Builder. Also,
it seems that there are two ORBs available for Mac OS X: "mico" and
"ORBit". I also found JBuilder from Borland, that also supports
CORBA via Java.
But first, I was wondering if anyone could answer these questions for me:
1. Any advice or corrections regarding the above concept and observations?
2. What is involved in using CORBA from Objective-C, i.e. installing
and setting up the ORB, and calling it?
3. Is it easier or harder from Java?
4. Is Java versatile enough to create a full Cocoa application?
5. Is it possible to mix Objective-C and Java in one application with
Project Builder?
I'd really like to hear from someone familiar with CORBA on Mac OS X.
I'd appreciate any advice or comments from anyone on any of this.
Please reply either to the list or directly to me.
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David Sinclair, Dejal
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