Winter
2011/12

Middleware Platforms
(half-course, 4VL + 2 PR)

VL: Die+Do, 11:00-12:30, RUD 26, 1'303, Prof. Jens-Peter Redlich, Dr. Zubow
UE: Die, 09:15-10:45, RUD 26, 1.303, Robert Sombrutzki
UE: Do, 13:15-14:45, RUD 26, 1.303, Robert Sombrutzki

Computer Science Department
Systems Architecture Group

• Half-Course, Praktische Informatik, Hauptstudium/Masterstudium.
• Offered regularly, usually in fall, at least once every two years.
• 2 lectures per week, over one semester (4SWS VL + 2SWS PR).
• Prerequisites: PI 1,2,3; basic knowledge in computer networks (TCP/IP), Java, XML.

Credits and grading:

• Oral examinations are offered by the instructor at the end of the semester, and at the beginning of the following semester.
• To qualify for the examination, students have to complete lab assignments to the satisfaction of the teaching assistant.

Lab (Praktikum):

• Labs are scheduled every 2 weeks at the time and place specified above. A teaching assistant will be present at each lab to assist students with questions and problems.
• Participation (physical presence) at the lab is mandatory in order to obtain credits for the assignment.
• A lab worksheet will be published on this web site a few days before the corresponding lab is scheduled (usually Friday). Students should use this time to adequately prepare for the lab.
• Results have to be submitted via GOYA for grading. Submission deadlines are specified on the worksheets (usually 14 days after the assignment was published).
• Worksheets: [lab1], [lab2], [lab3], [lab4], [lab5], [lab6]
• Slides: [lab1], [lab2], [lab3], [lab4], [lab5], [lab6]
• Deadlines:

Syllabus:

A. Introduction

Admin Info lecture slides Motivation lecture slides Client Server Model, Variations, Objects lecture slides Design Patterns lecture slides Erich Gamma. Design Patterns. 1997. ISBN 0201633612 Patterns Library: http://hillside.net/patterns/ Inter Process Communication / Network Communication  (optional) informational slides W. R. Stevens. UNIX Network Programming, The Sockets Networking. 2004. ISBN 013490012X Ulrike Hammerschall. Verteilte Systeme und Anwendungen. Pearson, 2005.

	B. Java Remote Method Invocation (RMI)
	Programming model Remote Interfaces and Remote Objects Architecture Parameter passing Failure handling Naming Development Process lecture slides SUN's RMI tutorial  [http://java.sun.com/developer/onlineTraining/rmi/RMI.html] [cached pdf]

C. CORBA (Common Object Request Broker Architecture)

CORBA Architecture Overview lecture slides Hello World in CORBA lecture slides ORB Architecture lecture slides CORBA IDL lecture slides Interoperability lecture slides Common Object Services lecture slides CORBA Component Model  (optional) informational slides - not presented in class Jens-Peter Redlich. Corba 2.0. Praktische Einführung für C++ und Java. ISBN 3827310601 Jon Siegel. CORBA 3 - Fundamentals and Programming. ISBN 0471295183 The Rise and Fall of CORBA ORB interoperability (IONA/Orbix handbook chapter)

	F. WebServices
	WebServices Overview lecture slides The Java WebServices Tutorial

D. Enterprise Java Beans (EJB)

Introduction pdf Component Models pdf Architectural Overview pdf Primary Services pdf Development pdf Persistence Basic Persistence, pdf O/R Mapping, pdf Entity Relationships, pdf Entity Inheritance, pdf Query Language, pdf Entity Callbacks, pdf Session Beans pdf Message-Driven Beans pdf Transactions pdf Web Services pdf EJB 3.1 pdf EJB Specification, 3.0, http://java.sun.com/javaee/5/docs/api/index.html EJB Specification, 2.1, http://java.sun.com/products/ejb/docs.html Enterprise JavaBeans 3.0 by B. Burke, R. M.-Haefel, Covers EJB 3.0, ISBN 0-596-00978-X Enterprise JavaBeans by Richard Monson-Haefel, Covers EJB 2.1, O'Reilly, 2004, ISBN 0-596-00530-X Java Message Service by R. Monson-Haefel, D. Chappell, O'Reilly, ISBN 0-596-00068-5 Java RMI by W. Grosso, O'Reilly, 2002, ISBN 1-565-92452-5

E. Microsoft .NET

.NET Framework (Overview) lecture slides CRL lecture slides Assemblies lecture slides .NET Remoting lecture slides .NET Security lecture slides §Howard Gilbert – .NET Framework http://pclt.cis.yale.edu/tp/framework.htm §Microsoft .NET: Implement a Custom Common Language Runtime Host for Your Managed App http://msdn.microsoft.com/msdnmag/issues/01/03/clr/default.aspx §Application Domain FAQ http://www.gotdotnet.com/team/clr/AppdomainFAQ.aspx §Narayana Rao Surapaneni – Programming Basics in Intermediate Language http://www.awprofessional.com/articles/article.asp?p=25917 §Jeffrey Richter – Garbage Collection http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/msdnmag/issues/1100/gci/toc.asp .NET Remoting – Design and Develop Seamless Distributed Applications for the Common Language Runtime [cached pdf] http://msdn.microsoft.com/msdnmag/issues/02/10/netremoting/default.aspx Microsoft .NET Remoting: A Technical Overview [cached pdf] http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/dndotnet/html/hawkremoting.asp Jeffrey M. Richter. Microsoft .NET Framework-Programmierung in C#. Expertenwissen zur CLR und dem .NET Framework 2.0. 2006. ISBN: 3860639846. McLean, Naftel, Williams - Microsoft .NET Remoting http://www.amazon.de/exec/obidos/ASIN/0735617783