Distributed Objects and the World Wide Web: 3

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The benefits

Some of the benefits of using distributed objects are:

• Ease of programming: the underlying object model, the Interface Definition Language (IDL), and the supporting tools combine to simplify the task of writing distributed applications.
• Extensibility and manageability: systems built from interacting objects are inherently extensible since objects can be easily added or replaced. Extensibility allows customised management interfaces to be added to the system.
• Encapsulation and systems integration: distributed object technology has proved very effective in encapsulating "legacy systems" as objects. These objects offer interfaces that can then be used to implement an integrated system.

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