Tie (information technology)

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A tie is a concept to bind a class skeleton to an implementing class. With this approach the class which should be invoked by a remote call, can be derived from a non-remoting class. Usually a tie class is used in middleware systems, to perform delegation from the skeleton to an implementing class.

Middleware computer software that provides services to software applications

Middleware is computer software that provides services to software applications beyond those available from the operating system. It can be described as "software glue".

Example

Usually:

    Stub -remote-> Skeleton (perform logic)

Tie Approach:

    Stub -remote-> Tie Skeleton -delegate-> Class (perform logic)

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