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Transparent componentisation: high-level (re)configurable programming for evolving distributed systems

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François Taïani,

Anne-Marie KermarrecAuthors Info & Claims

SAC '11: Proceedings of the 2011 ACM Symposium on Applied Computing

Pages 203 - 208

https://doi.org/10.1145/1982185.1982233

Published: 21 March 2011 Publication History

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Component frameworks and high-level distributed languages have been widely used to develop distributed systems, and provide complementary advantages: Whereas component frameworks foster composability, reusability, and (re)configurability; distributed languages focus on behaviour, simplicity and programmability. In this paper, we argue that both types of approach should be brought together to help develop complex adaptive systems, and we propose an approach to combines both technologies without compromising on any of their benefits. Our approach, termed Transparent Componentisation, automatically maps a high-level distributed specification onto a underlying component framework. It thus allows developers to focus on the programmatic description of a distributed system's behaviour, while retaining the benefits of a component architecture. As a proof of concept, we present WhispersKit, a programming environment for gossip-based distributed systems. Our evaluation shows that WhispersKit successfully retains the simplicity and understandability of high-level distributed language while providing efficient and transparent reconfigurability thanks to its component underpinnings.

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Kermarrec ATaïani F(2015)Want to scale in centralized systems? Think P2PJournal of Internet Services and Applications10.1186/s13174-015-0029-16:1Online publication date: 11-Aug-2015
https://doi.org/10.1186/s13174-015-0029-1
Taiani FLin SBlair G(2014)GossipKitIEEE Transactions on Software Engineering10.1109/TSE.2013.5040:2(123-136)Online publication date: 1-Feb-2014
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1109/TSE.2013.50
Montresor AEiben Gvan Steen M(2012)Extreme distributed systems: from large scale to complexityComputing10.1007/s00607-012-0203-294:8-10(619-620)Online publication date: 13-Jul-2012
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00607-012-0203-2

Index Terms

Transparent componentisation: high-level (re)configurable programming for evolving distributed systems
1. Computing methodologies
  1. Distributed computing methodologies
    1. Distributed programming languages
2. Software and its engineering
  1. Software notations and tools
    1. General programming languages
      1. Language types
        Distributed programming languages

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SAC '11: Proceedings of the 2011 ACM Symposium on Applied Computing

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DOI:10.1145/1982185

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Kermarrec ATaïani F(2015)Want to scale in centralized systems? Think P2PJournal of Internet Services and Applications10.1186/s13174-015-0029-16:1Online publication date: 11-Aug-2015
https://doi.org/10.1186/s13174-015-0029-1
Taiani FLin SBlair G(2014)GossipKitIEEE Transactions on Software Engineering10.1109/TSE.2013.5040:2(123-136)Online publication date: 1-Feb-2014
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1109/TSE.2013.50
Montresor AEiben Gvan Steen M(2012)Extreme distributed systems: from large scale to complexityComputing10.1007/s00607-012-0203-294:8-10(619-620)Online publication date: 13-Jul-2012
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00607-012-0203-2

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