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NRMI: Natural and Efficient Middleware
February 2008 (vol. 19 no. 2)
pp. 174-187
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Eli Tilevich, Yannis Smaragdakis, "NRMI: Natural and Efficient Middleware," IEEE Transactions on Parallel and Distributed Systems, vol. 19, no. 2, pp. 174-187, February, 2008.
 
 
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@article{ 10.1109/TPDS.2007.70717,
author = {Eli Tilevich and Yannis Smaragdakis},
title = {NRMI: Natural and Efficient Middleware},
journal ={IEEE Transactions on Parallel and Distributed Systems},
volume = {19},
number = {2},
issn = {1045-9219},
year = {2008},
pages = {174-187},
doi = {http://doi.ieeecomputersociety.org/10.1109/TPDS.2007.70717},
publisher = {IEEE Computer Society},
address = {Los Alamitos, CA, USA},
}
 
 
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TY - JOUR
JO - IEEE Transactions on Parallel and Distributed Systems
TI - NRMI: Natural and Efficient Middleware
IS - 2
SN - 1045-9219
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EPD - 174-187
A1 - Eli Tilevich,
A1 - Yannis Smaragdakis,
PY - 2008
KW - Middleware
KW - RPC
KW - Java
KW - call-by-copy-restore
KW - programming model.
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JA - IEEE Transactions on Parallel and Distributed Systems
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We present Natural Remote Method Invocation(NRMI): a middleware mechanism that provides a fully-generalimplementation of call-by-copy-restore semantics for arbitrarylinked data structures, used as parameters in remote procedurecalls. Call-by-copy-restore offers a more natural programmingmodel for distributed systems than traditional call-by-copy middleware,enabling remote calls to behave much like local calls. Wediscuss in depth the effects of calling semantics for middleware,describe when and why NRMI is more convenient to use thanstandard middleware, and present three implementations ofNRMI in distinct settings, showing the generality of the approach.

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Index Terms:
Middleware, RPC, Java, call-by-copy-restore,programming model.
Citation:
Eli Tilevich, Yannis Smaragdakis, "NRMI: Natural and Efficient Middleware," IEEE Transactions on Parallel and Distributed Systems, vol. 19, no. 2, pp. 174-187, Feb. 2008, doi:10.1109/TPDS.2007.70717
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