Component Software: Beyond Object-Oriented Programming Book

	Preface to the second edition
	Preface
	About the author
	About the contributing authors
	Acknowledgements
Pt. 1	Motivation - components and markets	1
1	Introduction	3
2	Market versus technology	17
3	Standards	27
Pt. 2	Foundation	33
4	What a component is and is not	35
5	Components, interfaces, and re-entrance	49
6	Polymorphism	83
7	Object versus class composition or how to avoid inheritance	109
8	Aspects of scale and granularity	139
9	Patterns, frameworks, architectures	151
10	Programming - shades of gray	169
11	What others say	195
Pt. 3	Component models and platforms	205
12	Object and component "wiring" standards	207
13	The OMG way: CORBA, CCM, OMA, and MDA	231
14	The Sun way - Java, JavaBeans, EJB, and Java 2 editions	261
15	The Microsoft way: COM, OLE/ActiveX, COM+, and .NET CLR	329
16	Some further technologies	381
17	Strategic comparison	385
18	Efforts on domain standards	397
19	Ongoing concerns	407
Pt. 4	Components meet architecture and process	415
20	Component architecture	417
21	Component frameworks	425
22	Component development	457
23	Component distribution and acquisition	469
24	Component assembly	475
25	On the horizon	481
Pt. 5	Markets and components	487
26	Gamut of markets	489
27	New professions	495
28	A component marketing paradox	499
	Epilogue	507
App. A	Java versus C# versus Component Pascal	509