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USENIX Technical Program - Abstract - COOTS 99
Supporting Automatic Configuration of Component-Based Distributed Systems
Fabio Kon and Roy H. Campbell, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Abstract
Recent developments in Component technology enable the construction of complex
software systems by assembling together off-the-shelf components. However, it
is still difficult to develop efficient, reliable, and dynamically
configurable component-based systems. Components are often developed by
different groups with different methodologies. Unspecified dependencies and
behavior lead to unexpected failures.
Component-based software systems must maintain explicit representations of
inter-component dependence and component requirements. This provides a common
ground for supporting fault-tolerance and automating dynamic configuration.
In this paper, we present a generic model for reifying dependencies in
distributed component systems and discuss how it can be used to support
automatic configuration. We describe our experience deploying the framework in
a CORBA-compliant reflective ORB and discuss the use of this model in a new
distributed operating system.
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