Title :
Gekko: a metalevel for adaptation in Nexus
Author :
Webb, Darren ; Wendelborn, Andrew L.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Comput. Sci., Adelaide Univ., SA, Australia
Abstract :
We describe the results of an experiment to add support for multimethod communication to the Nexus-Java communications library using metalevel programming techniques. We describe the Nexus architecture and the Java implementation of this architecture. We summarize the technique of metalevel programming, and apply the technique to develop a metalevel for adaptive multimethod communication called Gekko. In addition, we discuss the test environment we use for evaluation of Gekko, and discuss lessons we have learnt in its development
Keywords :
Java; multi-threading; software architecture; software libraries; workstation clusters; Gekko; Nexus adaptation; Nexus architecture; Nexus-Java communications library; adaptive multimethod communication; metalevel programming; metalevel programming techniques; multimethod communication; test environment; the Java implementation; Availability; Computer architecture; Fluctuations; Java; Libraries; Metacomputing; Object oriented programming; Quality management; Resource management; Supercomputers;
Conference_Titel :
Cluster Computing and the Grid, 2001. Proceedings. First IEEE/ACM International Symposium on
Conference_Location :
Brisbane, Qld.
Print_ISBN :
0-7695-1010-8
DOI :
10.1109/CCGRID.2001.923203
