ORBs and IIOP

• Object Request Broker (ORB) is the object bus that lets objects make requests and receive responses from other objects

• Internet InterORB Protocol (IIOP) is a protocol on top of TCP/IP, which is used to carry method calls and receive responses

Client

Server

ORB Interface

ORB Interface

IIOP

Object interface

Object implementation

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