Recommended Citation
Postprint version. Published in International Conference on Distributed Computing Systems Proceedings: Mesa, AZ, April 1, 2001, pages 303-312.
NOTE: At the time of publication, the author Michael Haungs was not yet affiliated with Cal Poly.
The definitive version is available at https://doi.org/10.1109/ICDSC.2001.918960.
Abstract
Writing distributed programs is difficult. To ease this task, we introduce a new programming abstraction. which we call a mobility attribute. Mobility attributes provide a syntax that describes the mobility semantics of program components. Programmers attach mobility attributes to program components to dynamically control the placement of these components within the network. Mobility attributes intercept component invocations and decide whether and where to move a component before the component executes. This allows the programmer to improve her program's run-time efficiency by colocating components and resources. We present MAGE, an object oriented distributed system, that supports mobility attributes and illustrates their utility.
Disciplines
Computer Sciences
Copyright
2001 IEEE.
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