Lecture #24 - Other COM Technologies

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Content:

In this lecture we survey additional COM Technologies.

1. Syllabus describes topics to be covered, reading material for you to digest before coming to class, and due dates for the assigned projects.
2. Project #2, Final Projects, Final Projects Presentation Schedule
3. Vijay's port of Blocking Queue to Linux

   Blocking Queue for Linux
   You will find this useful for Project #2 and many of the Project #3s.

4. Yun's port of Sockets to Linux

   Sockets for Linux
   Yun Xing ported the full Socket Communicator from CoreTechnologies. That fits well with Project #2, but is much more than what is needed for all the Tiny Web Server related Project #3s. I'm suggesting using the Sockets, Threads, and Locks she ported while omitting the Communicator. She also has a port of the BlockingQueue.

5. HttpServer Prototype - a beginning
   This demo can communicate with Chrome in a limited way. Enough is here to get you started if you having trouble getting things to work.
6. Ajax Demo

   Ajax Demo
   This demo illustrates how to make Ajax calls using the jQuery JavaScript library. You may find this useful for the Tiny Web Server based projects.

7. Debugging Out-of-Proc Components
   Attaching Debugger to another process
8. Other COM Technologies:
   Distributed COM Presentation

   DCOM Demo

   Compound Files, Structured Storage, and Monikers

   Structured Storage Demo

9. An Alternative to Connection Points
   Two way communiation between two Out-of-Proc components
   This project uses custom interfaces on both client and server to establish duplex communication.