This tutorial provides a step-by-step lesson on developing
component-based distributed applications using CoSMIC modeling toolkit and the
CIAO DAnCE
framework. The example application used in this tutorial is a Stock Quoter that
consists of two components; the StockDistributor and the StockBroker.
The StockDistributor notifies one or more stock brokers whenever a stock
price changes. Upon receiving the notification, the StockBroker fetches
information about a particular stock from the StockDistributor. The
figure bellow shows the application diagram. This Stock Quoter application is
based on a series of CORBA component model
columns written by Doug Schmidt
and Steve Vinoski for C/C++ Users Journal and has consistently been
used as an example for TAO.
Stock Quoter application Diagram
This is a step-by-step tutorial that will walk you through
the development and deployment phases of a CCM application (Stock Quoter). This
tutorial assumes that you have read and understood the following articles that
describe the example:
· The CORBA Component Model, Part 1: Evolving Towards Component Middleware
· The CORBA Component Model, Part 2: Defining Components with the IDL 3.x Types
· The CORBA Component Model Part 4: The CORBA Component Model Part 4: Implementing Components with CCM
In addition to
the articles above, reading and understanding the resources below will greatly
help you follow through this tutorial:
·
DAnCE: A QoS-enabled
Component Deployment and Conguration Engine
· TAO’s Developer’s Guide Version 1.4a. Chapter 32 : CIAO and CCM.
Prerequisites:
Before you start, you need the
following:
·
ACE+TAO+CIAO
(Component Integraated ACE ORB). ACE + TAO
+ CIAO provide the CCM infrastructure necessary to enable the CCM-based distributed
component interaction. You can click here to download the latest
ACE + TAO + CIAO and click here
for information on how to build ACE+TAO+CIAO.
·
Generic Modeling
Environment (GME). GME is a configurable
toolkit for creating domain-specific modeling and program synthesis
environments. It provides the execution environment for CoSMIC toolkits. Click here to
download GME.
·
CoSMIC toolkit. Click here
to download the latest CoSMIC release.
Note:
1. Usually you should download the latest GME, but it is possible that CoSMIC hasn't been updated yet to support the very latest GME..The installation process of CoSMIC will tell you which version it is expecting. So please make sure the GME version you are using is the version required by CoSMIC. A different version of GME may result in undefined errors.
2. Make sure you install GME first before you start with CoSMIC toolkits.
Steps for
Developing the Stock Quoter Application:
Steps for Developing Stock Quoter Application
Listed
below are the steps for developing the Stock Quoter application. Each link is a
step-by-step tutorial of the specific step.