Boris Lublinsky

In Part 1 of this series, we discussed how the use of messaging software can alleviate some of the problems with integration of J2EE and .NET environments using Web services. In this article we will discuss implementation of the proposed architecture on both J2EE and .NET platfor... (more)

It is today's reality that most companies are using both J2EE and .NET environments for their software implementation. Until recently, the prevalent solution for integration of these two environments has been HTTP-based Web services. Although this solution works well in many cas... (more)

The Web Services Invocation Framework (WSIF) is an architecture and programming model that - unlike today's most popular Web services APIs, JAX-RPC and JAXM - supports RPC and messaging invocation of Web services in a single programming model. In Part 1 of this series I introduc... (more)

Today's most popular Web services APIs - JAX-RPC and JAXM - support two very different programming models for invocation of Web services, one synchronous, one asynchronous. If users need both models in a single application, they are forced to use two sets of very different APIs. ... (more)

Over the past several years EJB technology has entered the software development mainstream. This new level of recognition and greater popularity brings an increase in design activities in the EJB space, such as best practices and design patterns. Most of the EJB design practices... (more)

As we can see from the tables, Web services measure up quite nicely with other distributed systems environments. The main differentiating characteristics are: Web services, unlike other distributed systems, support only remote communications, they don't support colocated services... (more)

With the widespread use of component technology, it has become increasingly important to employ components in distributed computing environments. Currently, a handful of distributed component platforms exists, including the Distributed Component Object Model (DCOM), Common Object... (more)

There are three big challenges when implementing distributed computing systems: data transfer, interface management, and remote invocation. This article examines how XML can help with each of these, and how XML-based semantic messaging can unify disparate distributed architecture... (more)