Fast Adaptation of Legacy Code for Server Hosting

摘要

With the advancement of broadband networking technologies, the Internet is starting to function as a comprehensive and global infrastructure for the delivery of data and computing services. But the success of this new model of computing depends on whether we can produce reliable hosted applications fast. In this paper we demonstrate how we can use CORBA to transform legacy code from a standalone application to one suitable for server hosting with minimal modification to the source code. The technology illustrated by this adaptation can be used to support smooth transition of the IT industries from traditional in-house computing to server-hosted computing accessible globally through the Internet.