Communicating messages between components in a client/server environment using an object broker

A system for communicating messages between components in a client/server environment, comprising:

• a server system coupled to a client system, the server system comprising one or more second components associated with an application on the server system;
• an object broker associated with the server system and operable to:
• initiate, in response to a request from the application on the server system, a process for receiving messages from one or more first components associated with the client system, the process initiated using a generalized architecture for communicating messages between components in a client/server application;
• register with the process the one or more second components associated with the application;
• receive at the process associated with the application a message intended for a second component on the server system, the message initiated by a first component on the client system;
• unpack at least a portion of the received message;
• determine the second component associated with the server system for which the message is intended;
• and
• initiate the second component for which the message is intended in response to the message.

Software for communicating messages between components in a client/server environment, the software embodied in computer-readable media and when executed operable to:

• initiate, in response to a request from an application on a server system, a process for receiving messages from one or more first components associated with a client system, the process initiated using a generalized architecture for communicating messages between components in a client/server application;
• register with the process one or more second components associated with the application;
• receive at the process associated with the application a message intended for a second component on the server system, the message initiated by a first component on a client system;
• unpack at least a portion of the received message;
• determine the second component associated with the server system for which the message is intended;
• and
• initiate the second component for which the message is intended in response to the message.