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1、IntroductionFormanypeople,learningCOMandDCOMistough.YouknowthatlearningCOMistherightthingtodo-youhearconstanthypeandyouknowthatmanyofMicrosoft,sproductsandprogrammertoolsarebasedonCOM,soitisobviouslysomethingthatisimportant.ButyoualsoknowthatCOMisreallyhard.YoumayhavealreadytriedtolearnCOMonce,ormay

2、beevenseveraltimes.Youmayhaveslidthroughacoupleofbooks,playedwithsomewizards,etc.Butitjustdoesn,tmakeanysense.Everythingseemsextremelycomplicatedandmuchharderthanitneedstobe.There,salsothevocabulary:marshalling,apartmentthreads”,z,singletonobjects“andsoon.Whatisthis?Thepurposeofthissetoftutorialsist

3、ohelpyoutoquicklyunderstandwhatisgoingonintheworldofDCOMsothatyoucancreateCOMclientsandserverseasily.Wedothatstartingatthebeginningandlayingthingsoutforyousimplyandintherightorder.BythetimeyoufinishthesetutorialsyouwillunderstandallofthebasicconceptsdrivingDCOMandyouwillbeabletoproceedquicklytolearn

4、therest.YouwillbeamazedathoweasyDCOMcanbeonceyougetagoodstart. TheBaSiCSOfCOM-thebestplacetostartisatthebeginning. SimDIeCoMCIientS-COMclientsareeasy SimPIeCOMSerVerS-usingtheAT1.wizardtobuildaserverTheBasicsofCOMUnderstandinghowCOMworkscanbeintimidatingatfirst.Onereasonforthisintimidationisthefactt

5、hatCOMusesitsownvocabulary.AsecondreasonisthatCOMcontainsanumberofnewconcepts.OneoftheeasiestwaystomasterthevocabularyandconceptsistocompareCOMobjectstonormalC+objectstoidentifythesimilaritiesanddifferences.YoucanalsomapunfamiliarconceptsfromCOMintothestandardC+modelthatyoualreadyunderstand.Thiswill

6、giveyouacomfortablestartingpoint,fromwhichwelllookatCOMsfundamentalconcepts.Oncewehavedonethis,theexamplepresentedinthefollowingsectionswillbeextremelyeasytounderstand.ClassesandObjectsImaginethatyouhavecreatedasimpleclassinC+calledxxx.Ithasseveralmemberfunctions,namedMethodA,MethodB,andMethodC.Each

7、memberfunctionacceptsparametersandreturnsaresult.Theclassdeclarationisshownhere:classxxxpublic:intMethodA(inta);intMethodB(floatb);floatMethodC(floatc);；Theclassdeclarationitselfdescribestheclass.Whenyouneedtousetheclass,youmustcreateaninstanceoftheobject.Instantiationsaretheactualobjects;classesare

8、justthedefinitions.Eachobjectiscreatedeitherasavariable(localorglobal)oritiscreateddynamicallyusingthenewstatement.Thenewstatementdynamicallycreatesthevariableontheheapandreturnsapointertoit.Whenyoucallmemberfunctions,youdosobydereferencingthepointer.Forexample:xxx*px;/px=newxxx;/p-MethodA(l);/delet

9、epx;/pointertoxxxclasscreateobjectonheapcallmethodfreeobjectItisimportantforyoutounderstandandrecognizethatCOMfollowsthissameobjectedorientedmodel.COMhasclasses,memberfunctionsandinstantiationsjustlikeC+objectsdo.AlthoughyounevercallnewonaCOMobject,youmuststillcreateitinmemory.YouaccessCOMobjectswit

10、hpointers,andyoumustde-allocatethemwhenyouarefinished.WhenwewriteCOMcode,wewontbeusingnewanddelete.Althoughwe,regoingtouseC+asourlanguage,wellhaveawholenewsyntax.COMisimplementedbycallstotheCOMAPI,whichprovidesfunctionsthatcreateanddestroyCOMobjects.HeresanexampleCOMprogramwritteninpsedo-COMcode.ixx

11、*pi/CoCreateInstance(,&pi)/pi-MethodA();/pi-Release();/pointertoxxxCOMinterfacecreateinterfacecallmethodfreeinterfaceInthisexample,wellcallclassixxaninterface.Thevariablepiisapointertotheinterface.ThemethodCoCreateInstancecreatesaninstanceoftypeixx.Thisinterfacepointerisusedtomakemethodcalls.Release

12、deletestheinterface.vepurposelyomittedtheparameterstoCoCreateInstance.Ididthissoasnottoobscurethebasicsimplicityoftheprogram.CoCreateInstancetakesanumberofarguments,allofwhichneedsomemoredetailedcoverage.Fornow,letstakeastepbackandlookatthebiggerissueswithCOM.HowCOMIsDifferentCOMisnotC+,andforgoodre

13、ason.COMobjectsaresomewhatmorecomplicatedthentheirC+brethren.Mostofthiscomplicationisnecessarybecauseofnetworkconsiderations.TherearefourbasicfactorsdictatingthedesignofCOM:C+objectsalwaysruninthesameprocessspace.COMobjectscanrunacrossprocessesoracrosscomputers. COMmethodscanbecalledacrossanetwork.C

14、+methodnamesmustbeuniqueinagivenprocessspace.COMobjectnamesmustbeuniquethroughouttheworld. COMserversmaybewritteninavarietyofdifferentlanguagesandonentirelydifferentoperatingsystems,whileC+objectsarealwayswritteninC+.1.etslookatwhatthesedifferencesbetweenCOMandC+meantoyouasaprogrammer.COMcanrunacros

15、sprocessesInCOM,youastheprogrammerareallowedtocreateobjectsinotherprocesses,andonanymachineonthenetwork.ThatdoesnotmeanthatyouW川alwaysdoit(inmanycasesyouwont).However,thepossibilitymeansthatyoucantcreateaCOMobjectusingthenormalC+newstatement,andcallingitsmethodswithlocalprocedurecallswontsuffice.Toc

16、reateaCOMobject,someexecutingentity(anEXEoraService)willhavetoperformremotememoryallocationandobjectcreation.Thisisaverycomplextask.Byremote,wemeaninanotherprocessoronanotherprocess.ThisproblemissolvedbycreatingaconceptcalledaCOMserver.ThisotherentityW川havetomaintaintightcommunicationwiththeclient.COMmethodscanbecalledacrossanetworkIfyouhaveaccesstoamachineo