Local components and reuse of legacy code in the CORBA component model

The CORBA component model (CCM) seemed to be a new powerful multi-language and multi-platform component development framework. First applications based on CCM have shown that there are some drawbacks in practical use. We present a new approach for the CCM component implementation which improves communication performance of components living in the same address space. At the same time we simplify the component development process and the reuse of legacy code within components. These extensions to CCM are possible without changing its specification.