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Distributed programming in GARF

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Object-Based Distributed Programming (ECOOP 1993)

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GARF is an object-oriented programming environment aimed to support the design of reliable distributed applications. Its computational model is based on two programming levels: the functional level and the behavioral level. At the functional level, software functionalities are described using passive objects, named data objects, in a centralized, volatile, and failure free environment. At the behavioral level, data objects are dynamically bound to encapsulators and mailers which support distribution, concurrency, persistence and fault tolerance. Encapsulators wrap data objects by controlling how the latter send and receive messages, while mailers perform communications between encapsulators. This paper describes how the GARF computational model enables to build flexible and highly modular abstractions for the design of reliable distributed applications.

Research supported by the Swiss FNS as part of the project Mesures Spéciales under contract number 5003-034344.

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  1. Département d'Informatique, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, CH-1015, Lausanne, Suisse

    Benoît Garbinato, Rachid Guerraoui & Karim R. Mazouni

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Garbinato, B., Guerraoui, R., Mazouni, K.R. (1994). Distributed programming in GARF. In: Guerraoui, R., Nierstrasz, O., Riveill, M. (eds) Object-Based Distributed Programming. ECOOP 1993. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 791. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/BFb0017543

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