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Extending the Rôle of Object References in Distributed Systems

In: Quality of Communication-Based Systems

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  • Peter Dickman

    (University of Glasgow, Department of Computing Science)

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Distributed systems make heavy use of references to objects, which provide a location mechanism as well as potentially supporting lo-cation and access transparency. Sophisticated implementations of refer-ences may have integrated garbage collection, or support usage monitor-ing for load balancing and form a key component of replica management systems. This paper has two main parts: the current uses and imple-mentation techniques for references are reviewed; and possible future uses of references are discussed. In the latter part the proposed uses of extended references in the DRASTIC project are presented. The DRAS-TIC project addresses type evolution, integration of legacy systems, and large heterogeneous distributed object systems in a unified architecture incorporating an additional level of structuring (zones), and extended references between zones (change absorbers).

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  • Peter Dickman, 1995. "Extending the Rôle of Object References in Distributed Systems," Springer Books, in: Günter Hommel (ed.), Quality of Communication-Based Systems, pages 179-179, Springer.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:sprchp:978-94-011-0187-5_12
    DOI: 10.1007/978-94-011-0187-5_12
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