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Object-oriented extendibility in Hermes/ST, a transactional distributed programming environment

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Object-Based Distributed Programming (ECOOP 1993)

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A major aim of transactional distributed programming environments is to facilitate the development of reliable distributed applications by shielding the developer from concerns such as failures. This paper describes the linguistic features of the Hermes/ST object-oriented distributed programming environment that further ease the development of such applications by enhancing the flexibility and extendibility of their implementations. This is achieved through the parameterisation of properties such as permanence, concurrency, transactional semantics and distribution. Parameterisation supports reuse, and enables the notion of incremental development, whereby a simple centralized sequential prototype of the application can be easily validated before being gradually extended to the final efficient reliable distributed application. An example application is included to demonstrate this approach.

This research was funded by Telecom Australia under Contract No. 7260.

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  1. Department of Computer Science, Telecommunications Software Research Centre (TSRC) The University of Wollongong, Northfields Avenue, P.O. Box 1144, 2522, Wollongong, NSW, Australia

    Michael Fazzolare, Bernhard G. Humm & R. David Ranson

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Fazzolare, M., Humm, B.G., Ranson, R.D. (1994). Object-oriented extendibility in Hermes/ST, a transactional distributed programming environment. 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/BFb0017544

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