Topics

1. Characterization of distributed systems
   • Introduction and examples of distributed systems
   • System models: architectural models and fundamental models
2. Distributed objects and remote method invocation
   • Middleware and infrastructure
   • Remote method calls
   • External data representation and marshalling
   • Remote events and notifications
   • Detailed Java RMI case study and assignment
   • Articles on CORBA and Jini
3. Component-based development
   • Using UML for component-based design and assignment
   • JavaBeans case study
   • Enterprise Java Beans case study - optional assignment (either this or SOA);
   • Articles on CORBA component model
4. Service-oriented architectures
   • Characteristics of SOAs
   • Introduction to web services
   • J2EE based web services study - optional assignment (either this or EJB)
5. Aspect-oriented software development
   • Implementing crosscutting concerns using AspectJ (logging, security)
   • Articles on aspect oriented modeling
   • AspectJ assignment
6. Model driven development
7. Design patterns for distributed applications
   • Service access and configuration patterns
   • Event handling patterns
   • Synchronization patterns