Distributed applications are difficult to write as programmers need to adhereto specific distributed systems programming conventions and frameworks, whichmakes distributed systems development complex and error prone and ties the resultant application to the distributed system because the application's code is tangled with the crosscutting concern distribution. This book introduces theconcept of a domain-specific aspect language called a Distribution DefinitionLanguage that generalises the distribution and distribution recovery concernsby describing the classes and methods of an existing application to be made remote, the distributed system to use to make them remote and the recovery mechanism to use in the event of an error. A software tool in the form of the RemoteJ compiler/generator that uses information contained in the Distribution Definition Language to generate the recovery and distributed system specific codeand apply it to the application using bytecode manipulation and generation techniques is introduced. By allowing distribution and autonomic features, such as recovery, to be modularised and applied to existing applications this approach greatly simplifies distributed systems and autonomics development. This book is of particular interest to researchers and students of distributed systems, autonomics, domain-specific aspect languages and aspect-orientation. Original research in distributed systems development New concepts INDICE: 1 Introduction. – 2 Distributed Systems Development. – 3 An Aspect-Oriented Approach. - 4 The Distribution Definition Language. - 5 The RemoteJ Compiler/Generator Implementation. - 6 Evaluation. - 7 Conclusions and Future Work. - Appendix A: RemoteJ Syntax.
- ISBN: 978-3-0346-0539-7
- Editorial: Birkhaüser
- Encuadernacion: Rústica
- Páginas: 134
- Fecha Publicación: 15/06/2010
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés