Objetos distribuidos

Orientador: Rogerio Drummond Burnier Pessoa de Mello FilhoDissertação (mestrado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Instituto de Matematica, Estatistica e Ciencia da ComputaçãoResumo: A programação orientada a objetos oferece uma sólida base conceitual para o desenvolvimento de sistemas de informação, com ênfase em modularidade, extensibilidade e robustez. Por outro lado, avanços nas tecnologias de hardware, arquitetura e meios de comunicação propiciaram uma mudança nos padrões de ambiente de processamento de dados: o modelo de mainframes vem sendo substituído pelo modelo distribuído, baseado em redes de estações de trabalho. A combinação desses dois conceitos, objetos e sistemas distribuídos, oferece a curto prazo perspectivas bastante promissoras. Várias iniciativas visando esse objetivo vêm sendo desenvolvidas ou estão já em uso. Embora esses trabalhos adotem diferentes abordagens, eles procuram basicamente unificar conceitos das duas áreas, estabelecendo um modelo único de programação ¿Observação: O resumo, na íntegra poderá ser visualizado no texto completo da tese digital.Abstract: The concepts introduced by the object paradigm embody a complete, sound framework for developing information systems with improved modularity, extendibility and robustness. On the other hand, technological advances in hardware components, computer architecture and communications have caused standards about computing environments to change: the old mainframe model has been steadily shifted in favor of the distributed model, based on workstations networks instead. Blending these two concepts, objects and distributed systems, offers very promising possibilities in the near future. Indeed, several attempts towards this goal are either under execution or already accomplished. These works while adopting different approaches and solutions, basically aim at unifying related issues from the two areas within a consistent programming model. Current efforts at the A_Hand Research Laboratory target the construction of a complex software development environment, planned to support the design and implementation of very large applications. The programming languages Cm and LegoShell are the basic programming tools in this environment. The Cm language is object-oriented, used to produce reusable software components, which can be brought together through the graphical language LegoShell. In this document, we define a new version for the language Cm, in order to meet inherent requirements of concurrent and distributed programming, thus establishing our underlying model for distributed applications programming. Adapting an existing object-oriented language to address programmng issues in a distributed backgroqnd while preserving its semantic consistency results a hard task, as a number of important aspects must be kept in mind. The main concern in distributed programming systems is location transparency; we have also investigated solutions regarding concurrency, exceptions and inheritance problems. The extensions to the Cm language here proposed include new syntatic constructions, the definition of the "remote object" concept and a set of standard classes and functions.MestradoMestre em Ciência da Computaçã

Strategic Directions in Object-Oriented Programming

This paper has provided an overview of the field of object-oriented programming. After presenting a historical perspective and some major achievements in the field, four research directions were introduced: technologies integration, software components, distributed programming, and new paradigms. In general there is a need to continue research in traditional areas:\ud (1) as computer systems become more and more complex, there is a need to further develop the work on architecture and design; \ud (2) to support the development of complex systems, there is a need for better languages, environments, and tools; \ud (3) foundations in the form of the conceptual framework and other theories must be extended to enhance the means for modeling and formal analysis, as well as for understanding future computer systems

Next generation software environments : principles, problems, and research directions

The past decade has seen a burgeoning of research and development in software environments. Conferences have been devoted to the topic of practical environments, journal papers produced, and commercial systems sold. Given all the activity, one might expect a great deal of consensus on issues, approaches, and techniques. This is not the case, however. Indeed, the term "environment" is still used in a variety of conflicting ways. Nevertheless substantial progress has been made and we are at least nearing consensus on many critical issues.The purpose of this paper is to characterize environments, describe several important principles that have emerged in the last decade or so, note current open problems, and describe some approaches to these problems, with particular emphasis on the activities of one large-scale research program, the Arcadia project. Consideration is also given to two related topics: empirical evaluation and technology transition. That is, how can environments and their constituents be evaluated, and how can new developments be moved effectively into the production sector

Distributed Object Medical Imaging Model

Abstract- Digital medical informatics and images are commonly used in hospitals today,. Because of the interrelatedness of the radiology department and other departments, especially the intensive care unit and emergency department, the transmission and sharing of medical images has become a critical issue. Our research group has developed a Java-based Distributed Object Medical Imaging Model(DOMIM) to facilitate the rapid development and deployment of medical imaging applications in a distributed environment that can be shared and used by related departments and mobile physiciansDOMIM is a unique suite of multimedia telemedicine applications developed for the use by medical related organizations. The applications support realtime patients’ data, image files, audio and video diagnosis annotation exchanges. The DOMIM enables joint collaboration between radiologists and physicians while they are at distant geographical locations. The DOMIM environment consists of heterogeneous, autonomous, and legacy resources. The Common Object Request Broker Architecture (CORBA), Java Database Connectivity (JDBC), and Java language provide the capability to combine the DOMIM resources into an integrated, interoperable, and scalable system. The underneath technology, including IDL ORB, Event Service, IIOP JDBC/ODBC, legacy system wrapping and Java implementation are explored. This paper explores a distributed collaborative CORBA/JDBC based framework that will enhance medical information management requirements and development. It encompasses a new paradigm for the delivery of health services that requires process reengineering, cultural changes, as well as organizational changes

Object-oriented Tools for Distributed Computing

Distributed computing systems are proliferating, owing to the availability of powerful, affordable microcomputers and inexpensive communication networks. A critical problem in developing such systems is getting application programs to interact with one another across a computer network. Remote interprogram connectivity is particularly challenging across heterogeneous environments, where applications run on different kinds of computers and operating systems. NetWorks! (trademark) is an innovative software product that provides an object-oriented messaging solution to these problems. This paper describes the design and functionality of NetWorks! and illustrates how it is being used to build complex distributed applications for NASA and in the commercial sector