Configuration management for distributed object-oriented applications

A separate configuration language with associated management mechanisms has been developed. The approach supports the initial structure and placement description of a distributed object-oriented application as well as dynamic configuration changes. Moreover, configuration conditions can be stated and are checked against an actual configuration. The authors describe the configuration language, the configuration management algorithms, and the integration with the underlying object-oriented system. A first prototype of this approach has been implemented in C++ in VAX stations using the compiler construction tools Lex and Yacc