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This paper proposes a new optimization technique called CORBA-as-needed to improve the performance of distributed CORBA applications. This technique is based on the observation that in many cases the client and the server of a distributed application run on compatible computing platforms, and do not need the interoperability functionality of CORBA. CORBA-as-needed dynamically determines if the interoperability functionality is needed for a specific application invocation, and bypasses this functionality if it is not needed. Performance measurements from a prototype implementation in omniORB show that CORBA-as-needed achieves a very significant performance improvement.
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Dai, H., Mishra, S., Hiltunen, M.A. (2002). CORBA-as-Needed: A Technique to Construct High Performance CORBA Applications. In: Sahni, S., Prasanna, V.K., Shukla, U. (eds) High Performance Computing — HiPC 2002. HiPC 2002. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 2552. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-36265-7_14
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