Title :
A framework for policy bindings
Author :
Hanssen, Øyvind ; Eliassen, Frank
Author_Institution :
Fac. of Eng., Agder Coll., Norway
Abstract :
In this paper we investigate the design of extensible middleware that supports dynamic binding configuration by pluggable and replaceable policies. An important aspect of our approach is the distinction between bindings and their activations, which allows us to reason about and implement bindings with changing activations and activation policies (adaptation), and policies for managing activations (metapolicies) as separate entities. A design of a prototype binding framework which supports pluggable policies and metapolicies is described in detail
Keywords :
client-server systems; software engineering; activation policies; activations; dynamic binding configuration; extensible middleware design; metapolicies; pluggable policies; policy binding framework; replaceable policies; Design engineering; Distributed computing; Educational institutions; Informatics; Middleware; Programming profession; Protocols; Prototypes; Software maintenance; Software reusability;
Conference_Titel :
Distributed Objects and Applications, 1999. Proceedings of the International Symposium on
Conference_Location :
Edinburgh
Print_ISBN :
0-7695-0182-6
DOI :
10.1109/DOA.1999.793971