Ice is an object-oriented middleware platform. Fundamentally, this means that Ice provides tools, APIs, and library support for building object-oriented client-server applications. Ice applications are suitable for use in heterogeneous environments: client and server can be written in different programming languages, can run on different operating systems and machine architectures, and can communicate using a variety of networking technologies. The source code for these applications is portable regardless of the deployment environment.
Topics:
- Terminology
- Slice (Specification Language for Ice)
- Overview of the Language Mappings
- Client and Server Structure
- Overview of the Ice Protocol
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