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Overview of Middleware Technologies

Middleware is software that allows processes running on different machines to communicate over a network. There are four main types of middleware: transaction processing (TP), remote procedure call (RPC), message-oriented middleware (MOM), and object request broker (ORB). TP provides transaction control and business logic, RPC allows programs to be distributed across platforms by hiding OS and network details, MOM uses message queues to enable asynchronous communication, and ORBs allow objects to communicate across machines and vendors.

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Overview of Middleware Technologies

Middleware is software that allows processes running on different machines to communicate over a network. There are four main types of middleware: transaction processing (TP), remote procedure call (RPC), message-oriented middleware (MOM), and object request broker (ORB). TP provides transaction control and business logic, RPC allows programs to be distributed across platforms by hiding OS and network details, MOM uses message queues to enable asynchronous communication, and ORBs allow objects to communicate across machines and vendors.

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Middleware Technologies

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Introduction
Middleware is connectivity software that

provides a mechanism for processes to interact with other processes running on multiple networked machines. Middleware Application Programming Interfaces provide a more functional set of capabilities than the OS and network services provide on their own.

Middleware Architecture
Application Application

APIs
Middleware (Distributed Systems Services)

Platform Interface

Platform Interface

Platform OS
Network Interface

Platform OS
Network Interface

Types of Middleware
There are four basic types of middleware Transaction Processing Monitor (TP) Remote Procedure Call (RPC) Message-Oriented Middleware (MOM) Object Request Broker (ORB)

Transaction Processing (TP)


TP can provide the following control transaction applications provide business logic/rules database updates

Transaction Processing Architecture


Processing Routines

Transaction Requests

Client

TP Monitor

Remote Procedure Call (RPC)


RPC is a client/server mechanism that

allows the program to be distributed across multiple platforms. RPCs reduce the complexity of a system that spans multiple operating systems and network protocols by hiding OS and network interface details from the programmer.

Remote Procedure Call (contd)


RPCs are usually implemented by: proprietary products proprietary development tools that create client server stubs

Most RPC implementations use a

synchronous (call/wait) protocol to communicate between client and server.

RPC Architecture

Client App

T R A N S P O R T

N E T W O R K

RPC STUB

Application Specific procedure invocations and returns

N E T W O R K

T R A N S P O R T

Server App

RPC STUB

Message Oriented Middleware (MOM)


Message-oriented middleware functionality similar to RPC provides asynchronous communication between client and server applications by queueing messages temporarily when one or the other is busy or not connected.

MOM Architecture

Client App

MOM
With message queue

T R A N S P O R T

N E T W O R K

Application specific proprietary messages

N E T W O R K

T R A N S P O R T

MOM
With message queue

Server App

Object Request Broker (ORB)


ORBs overcome; machine, software and

vendors are no boundaries for the ORB. Major functionality includes:


interface definition location and activation of remote objects communication between clients and objects

ORB Architecture

Request Service
Establish connection

activate Service

Client

communicate

Remote Service (object)

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