[4] ALPHABETICAL LIST OF ALL FAQS
(Part of the CORBA FAQ, Copyright © 1996)

WHAT FAQS START WITH “A” ?

• About Marshall Cline [1.3]
• About Mike Girou [1.4]
• About Rob Appelbaum [1.2]
• Alphabetical List of All FAQs [4]
• Application Architectures [19]
• Architectural Choices — Concurrent vs. Distributed vs. Decoupled [17] [under construction]
• Are all Distributed Objects CORBA Objects? [8.2]
• Are Application Threading and Asynchronous Communication related? [18.3]
• Are IORs obtained in the Same Manner as Object References? [39.2]
• Are there any other activation policies for CORBA objects? [37.3]
• Are there Important Forms of Asynchronous Communication that Aren’t Supported Directly by CORBA? [18.4]
• Asynchronous Communications [18]
• Authors, Copyright, Permissions, Intended Audience, Navigation [1]

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WHAT FAQS START WITH “B” ?

• Basic CORBA Architecture [26]
• BOA [37]
• But how does my program use an IOR? [20.25]

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WHAT FAQS START WITH “C” ?

• Can an Application refer to Objects implemented with Multiple CORBA Products? [39.3]
• Can CORBA Allow Servers to cause Client Side Events or Notifications? [15.1]
• Can CORBA Applications be Tuned for Better Performance? [23.1]
• Can CORBA Objects be accessed by Web Based Applications? [14.1]
• Can CORBA Vendors Simplify Interoperability and the Process of Obtaining Other Vendor’s Object References? [39.4]
• Can Distributed Computing Enhance my Performance? [7.1]
• Can Distributed Computing solve Business Problems? [7.3]
• Choosing between CORBA and DCE [12] [under construction]
• Choosing between CORBA and DCOM [11]
• Copy Permissions [1.7]
• Copyright Notice [1.5]
• CORBA Objects [27]

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WHAT FAQS START WITH “D” ?

• DII [34] [under construction]
• Do any Client/Sever Limitations exist with CORBA? [10.2]
• Do Common Application Architectures Exist? [19.2]
• Do Different CORBA Implementations perform at Significantly Different Levels? [23.2]
• Does an IOR have a Defined Format and, if so, Why? [20.19]
• Does CORBA define High Level Application Architectures? [19.1]
• Does CORBA support Asynchronous Communication? [18.2]
• Does CORBA support Functionality other than Request/Response? [16.1]
• Downloading Your Own Copy of the CORBA FAQ [1.13]
• DSI [35] [under construction]

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WHAT FAQS START WITH “E” ?

• Event Service [41] [under construction]

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WHAT FAQS START WITH “F” ?

• Factories and Factory Finders [21] [under construction]
• For How Long is an Object Reference Valid? [20.3]
• Four Different Ways to Navigate the CORBA FAQ [1.12]

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WHAT FAQS START WITH “G” ?

• Great. What other Surprises are there with is_equivalent()? [20.9]

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WHAT FAQS START WITH “H” ?

• How are CORBA Objects Defined? [27.1]
• How are Distributed Objects actually implemented? [8.4]
• How are Object References declared in C? [20.15]
• How are Object References handled in C++? [20.16]
• How are object references obtained by applications? [31.1]
• How can CORBA enable Client/Server Communication? [10.1]
• How do I Compare References? [20.8]
• How do I use a NameContext? [40.2]
• How does CORBA relate to doing Internet/Intranet Applications? [14]
• How is a Distributed Database related to Distributed Computing? [7.2]
• How Real/Mature is CORBA? [13] [under construction]
• How to do Client/Server with CORBA [10]
• How to do Notification with CORBA [15]

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WHAT FAQS START WITH “I” ?

• I use Microsoft products; Why should I use CORBA and not DCOM? [11.1]
• I want to be an expert. How do I Stringify an Object Reference? [20.5]
• IDL [29] [under construction]
• IIOP [39]
• Interoperability — Details [38] [under construction]
• Interoperability Overview [24] [under construction]
• IR [36] [under construction]
• Is CORBA more Mature than DCOM? [11.3]
• Is that All of the Bad News about is_equivalent()? [20.10]

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WHAT FAQS START WITH “L” ?

• Language Mappings [32] [under construction]
• LifeCycle Service [42] [under construction]

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WHAT FAQS START WITH “M” ?

• Miscellaneous Issues [25]
• “Morality” in addition to just “Legality” [1.10]
• Must I choose between DCOM and CORBA? [11.2]

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WHAT FAQS START WITH “N” ?

• Name Service [40]
• No Warranty [1.6]

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WHAT FAQS START WITH “O” ?

• Object References — Details [31]
• Object References [20]

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WHAT FAQS START WITH “P” ?

• Performance Issues [23]
• Pseudo Objects [28] [under construction]

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WHAT FAQS START WITH “R” ?

• Recent Changes [6]
• Reference Counting Architectures [22] [under construction]

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WHAT FAQS START WITH “S” ?

• Should all my Objects be Distributed? [8.5]
• Should I use Underscores (“_”) in the Names of Interfaces and/or Methods? [25.1]
• Skeletons and Implementation Objects [30] [under construction]
• So why don’t we just Compare Stringified References? [20.11]
• Static Invocation [33] [under construction]
• Subject Index [5]

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WHAT FAQS START WITH “T” ?

• Table of Contents — Exaustive [3]
• Table of Contents — Overview [2]
• The Authors (Alphabetically) [1.1]
• The CORBA FAQ — Frequently Asked Questions [0]
• Then why did you just Drag us through the Mud? [20.14]
• This Expert Stuff isn’t so tough. What about Stringifying an IOR? [20.26]
• This sounds Too Complicated. Should I just learn DCOM instead? [20.12]
• Trademarks [1.8]
• Trader Service [44] [under construction]
• Transaction Service [43] [under construction]
• Tutorial [1.11]

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WHAT FAQS START WITH “W” ?

• What Advantages does CORBA provide? [9.2]
• What Advantages does DCOM have over CORBA? [11.4]
• What are the Four BOA Activation Policies for a CORBA Server? [37.2]
• What are the IDL Interfaces defined within the COSNaming Module? [40.1]
• What Capabilities do CORBA Objects Possess? [27.2]
• What if I Do Not Know that Name of the Object? [40.3]
• What if I want a Persistent Reference? [20.4]
• What if I want to invoke Methods on an Object in another ORB? [20.18]
• What is a Distributed Object? [8.1]
• What is a Profile? [20.22]
• What is a Tag? [20.21]
• What is an IOR? [39.1]
• What is an Object Reference? [20.1]
• What is the basic CORBA architecture? [26.1]
• What is the Basic Functionality provided by CORBA? [9.1]
• What is the BOA? [37.1]
• What is the chain of recently updated FAQs? [6.1]
• What is the Difference between the two Types of Profiles? [20.23]
• What is the Format of an IOR? [20.20]
• What is the Format of an Object Reference? [20.6]
• What other types of Distributed Systems does CORBA compete with? [9.3]
• What the Intended Audience Looks Like [1.9]
• What Types of Performance should I be Concerned With? [23.3]
• What updates were made to the CORBA FAQ for the 1996-08 (Aug 1996) release? [6.4]
• What updates were made to the CORBA FAQ for the 1996-09 (Sep 1996) release? [6.3]
• What updates were made to the CORBA FAQ for the 1996-10 (Oct 1996) release? [6.2]
• When do I use _var instead of _ptr? [20.17]
• Who creates Object References? [20.7]
• Why a Handle rather than a “Hard” Address? [20.2]
• Why did you say that the Specific Details Probably Shouldn’t Matter? [20.24]
• Why do you say, “Most people never need this kind of knowledge”? [20.13]
• Why should I develop Applications with Distributed Objects? [8.3]
• Why Use CORBA [9]
• Why Use Distributed Computing [7]
• Why Use Distributed Objects [8]
• Why would Applications require Asynchronous Communications? [18.1]
• Why would I use CORBA Services [16]
• Why would I use the CORBA Event Service? [16.4]
• Why would I use the CORBA Life Cycle Service? [16.3]
• Why would I use the CORBA Name Service? [16.2]

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