COM: what makes it work, black-box encapsulation through multiple, immutable interfaces

  • Authors:

  • Charles Kindel

  • Affiliations:

  • -

  • Venue:
  • EDOC '97 Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Enterprise Distributed Object Computing
  • Year:
  • 1997

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Abstract

The Component Object Model (COM) (and by definition, DCOM) is the only component system where there is a significant market for commercially available components. This paper discusses the elements of COM's design that have all contributed to making COM such a viable commercial reality: black box-encapsulation, interfaces, interface immutability, multiple interfaces, and location transparency.