Using OMG IDL to write OODCE applications

The Object Management Group's Interface Definition Language (OMG IDL) provides a standard for specifying object-oriented interfaces for distributed applications. This paper describes a compiler that allows specification of object interfaces using OMG IDL and implementation using the Open Software Foundation's Distributed Computing Environment (OSFDCE). Using this approach application developers are able to use OMG IDL to define their distributed object interfaces while using the facilities of OSF DCE for remote communications, including the DCE Security Service and DCE's object location service (CDS). This provides a very low-cost infrastructure for the development and deployment of (CORBA-based) object oriented distributed applications.