[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 [20]
• Architectural Choices — Concurrent vs. Distributed vs. Decoupled [18] [under construction]
• Are all Distributed Objects CORBA Objects? [9.2]
• Are Application Threading and Asynchronous Communication related? [19.3]
• Are IORs obtained in the Same Manner as Object References? [40.2]
• Are there any other activation policies for CORBA objects? [38.3]
• Are there Important Forms of Asynchronous Communication that Aren’t Supported Directly by CORBA? [19.4]
• Asynchronous Communications [19]
• Authors, Copyright, Permissions, Intended Audience, Navigation [1]

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WHAT FAQS START WITH “B” ?

• Basic CORBA Architecture [27]
• BOA [38]
• But how does my program use an IOR? [21.25]

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WHAT FAQS START WITH “C” ?

• Can an Application refer to Objects implemented with Multiple CORBA Products? [40.3]
• Can CORBA Allow Servers to cause Client Side Events or Notifications? [16.1]
• Can CORBA Applications be Tuned for Better Performance? [24.1]
• Can CORBA Objects be accessed by Web Based Applications? [15.1]
• Can CORBA Vendors Simplify Interoperability and the Process of Obtaining Other Vendor’s Object References? [40.4]
• Can Distributed Computing Enhance my Performance? [8.1]
• Can Distributed Computing solve Business Problems? [8.3]
• Choosing between CORBA and DCE [13] [under construction]
• Choosing between CORBA and DCOM [12]
• Copying Permissions [1.7]
• Copyright Notice [1.5]
• CORBA Objects [28]
• COS Lifecycle Service [43]

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WHAT FAQS START WITH “D” ?

• DII [35] [under construction]
• Do any Client/Server Limitations exist with CORBA? [11.2]
• Do Common Application Architectures Exist? [20.2]
• Do Different CORBA Implementations perform at Significantly Different Levels? [24.2]
• Do I program in IDL? [30.2]
• Does an IOR have a Defined Format and, if so, Why? [21.19]
• Does CORBA define High Level Application Architectures? [20.1]
• Does CORBA support Asynchronous Communication? [19.2]
• Does CORBA support distributed reference counting architectures? [23.3]
• Does CORBA support functionality other than Request/Response? [17.1]
• Does my implementation need to use Inheritance just because my IDL intrerface uses Inheritance? [30.4]
• Does the CORBA specification define any specific capabilities for a factory object? [22.3]
• DSI [36] [under construction]

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WHAT FAQS START WITH “E” ?

• Event Service [42] [under construction]

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WHAT FAQS START WITH “F” ?

• Factories and Factory Finders [22]
• For How Long is an Object Reference Valid? [21.3]
• 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()? [21.9]

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WHAT FAQS START WITH “H” ?

• How are CORBA Objects Defined? [28.1]
• How are Distributed Objects actually implemented? [9.4]
• How are Object References declared in C? [21.15]
• How are Object References handled in C++? [21.16]
• How are object references obtained by applications? [32.1]
• How are the skeleton and implementation object combined? [31.2]
• How can CORBA enable Client/Server Communication? [11.1]
• How can I find out about general netiquette so I don’t embarrass myself? [7.1]
• How can I get a Copy of all the HTML files of the CORBA FAQ so I can read them Off-Line? [1.13]
• How can I get a Copy of all the “plaintext” files of the CORBA FAQ so I can read them Off-Line? [1.14]
• How do I Compare References? [21.8]
• How do I express Aggregation in IDL? [30.5]
• How do I get comp.object.corba to do my homework problem for me? [7.3]
• How do I get the FAQs for a particular newsgroup? [7.8]
• How do I post a question about code that doesn’t work correctly? [7.6]
• How do I use a NameContext? [41.2]
• How does a CORBA Object provide its services? [31.1]
• How does CORBA relate to doing Internet/Intranet Applications? [15]
• How is a Distributed Database related to Distributed Computing? [8.2]
• How Real/Mature is CORBA? [14] [under construction]
• How to do Client/Server with CORBA [11]
• How to do Notification with CORBA [16]

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WHAT FAQS START WITH “I” ?

• I use Microsoft products; Why should I use CORBA and not DCOM? [12.1]
• I want to be an expert. How do I Stringify an Object Reference? [21.5]
• IIOP [40]
• In addition to these FAQs, what other useful URLs might I be interested in? [7.9]
• Interface Definition Language (IDL) [30]
• Interoperability — Details [39] [under construction]
• Interoperability Overview [25] [under construction]
• IR [37] [under construction]
• Is CORBA more Mature than DCOM? [12.3]
• Is IDL a Specification Language, an Implementation Language, or Both? [30.3]
• Is that All of the Bad News about is_equivalent()? [21.10]
• Is there an alternative to distributed reference counting architectures? [23.5]

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WHAT FAQS START WITH “L” ?

• Language Mappings [33] [under construction]

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WHAT FAQS START WITH “M” ?

• Miscellaneous Issues [26]
• “Morality” in addition to just “Legality” [1.10]
• Must I choose between DCOM and CORBA? [12.2]

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WHAT FAQS START WITH “N” ?

• Name Service [41]
• Netiquette when posting to comp.object.corba [7]
• No Warranty [1.6]

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WHAT FAQS START WITH “O” ?

• Object References [21]
• Object References — Details [32]
• Object Transaction Service [44]

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WHAT FAQS START WITH “P” ?

• Performance Issues [24]
• Pseudo Objects [29] [under construction]

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WHAT FAQS START WITH “R” ?

• Recent Changes [6]
• Reference Counting Architectures [23]

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WHAT FAQS START WITH “S” ?

• Should all my Objects be Distributed? [9.5]
• Should I use Underscores (“_”) in the Names of Interfaces and/or Methods? [26.1]
• Skeletons and Implementation Objects [31]
• So why don’t we just Compare Stringified References? [21.11]
• Static Invocation [34] [under construction]
• Subject Index [5]

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WHAT FAQS START WITH “T” ?

• Table of Contents — Exhaustive [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? [21.14]
• This Expert Stuff isn’t so tough. What about Stringifying an IOR? [21.26]
• This sounds Too Complicated. Should I just learn DCOM instead? [21.12]
• Trademarks [1.8]
• Trader Service [45]
• Tutorial [1.11]

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WHAT FAQS START WITH “W” ?

• What Advantages does CORBA provide? [10.2]
• What Advantages does DCOM have over CORBA? [12.4]
• What are some typical types of factories? [22.2]
• What are the Four BOA Activation Policies for a CORBA Server? [38.2]
• What are the IDL Interfaces defined within the COSNaming Module? [41.1]
• What Capabilities do CORBA Objects Possess? [28.2]
• What do I do if someone else posts a question that’s already in the FAQ? [7.4]
• What does IMHO mean? (or IMO, IMNSHO, FWIW, OTOH, etc.)? [7.2]
• What if I Do Not Know the Name of the Object? [41.3]
• What if I want a Persistent Reference? [21.4]
• What if I want to invoke Methods on an Object in another ORB? [21.18]
• What is a Distributed Object? [9.1]
• What is a distributed reference counting architecture? [23.1]
• What is a Factory? [22.1]
• What is a Profile? [21.22]
• What is a Tag? [21.21]
• What is an IOR? [40.1]
• What is an Object Reference? [21.1]
• What is the basic CORBA architecture? [27.1]
• What is the Basic Functionality provided by CORBA? [10.1]
• What is the BOA? [38.1]
• What is the chain of recently updated FAQs? [6.1]
• What is the Difference between the two Types of Profiles? [21.23]
• What is the Format of an IOR? [21.20]
• What is the Format of an Object Reference? [21.6]
• What is the purpose of IDL? [30.1]
• What is the purpose of the COS Lifecycle Service? [43.1]
• What is the purpose of the COS Object Transaction Service? [44.1]
• What is the purpose of the COS Trader Service? [45.1]
• What makes a good “Subject:” line? [7.5]
• What other types of Distributed Systems does CORBA compete with? [10.3]
• What problems might be associated with a distributed reference counting architecture? [23.4]
• What the Intended Audience Looks Like [1.9]
• What Types of Performance should I be Concerned With? [24.3]
• What updates were made to the CORBA FAQ for the 1996-08 (Aug 1996) release? [6.9]
• What updates were made to the CORBA FAQ for the 1996-09 (Sep 1996) release? [6.8]
• What updates were made to the CORBA FAQ for the 1996-10 (Oct 1996) release? [6.7]
• What updates were made to the CORBA FAQ for the 1996-11 (Nov 1996) release? [6.6]
• What updates were made to the CORBA FAQ for the 1996-12 (Dec 1996) release? [6.5]
• What updates were made to the CORBA FAQ for the 1997-01 (Jan 1997) release? [6.4]
• What updates were made to the CORBA FAQ for the 1997-02 (Feb 1997) release? [6.3]
• What updates were made to the CORBA FAQ for the 1997-07 (Jul 1997) release? [6.2]
• What URLs are there for getting the CORBA FAQ? [1.15]
• When do I use _var instead of _ptr? [21.17]
• Which newsgroup should I post my questions? [7.7]
• Who creates Object References? [21.7]
• Why a Handle rather than a “Hard” Address? [21.2]
• Why did you say that the Specific Details Probably Shouldn’t Matter? [21.24]
• Why do you say, “Most people never need this kind of knowledge”? [21.13]
• Why should I develop Applications with Distributed Objects? [9.3]
• Why Use CORBA [10]
• Why Use Distributed Computing [8]
• Why Use Distributed Objects [9]
• Why would an application implement a distributed reference counting architecture? [23.2]
• Why would Applications require Asynchronous Communications? [19.1]
• Why would I use CORBA Services [17]
• Why would I use the CORBA Event Service? [17.4]
• Why would I use the CORBA Lifecycle Service? [17.3]
• Why would I use the CORBA Name Service? [17.2]

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