Fourth International Conference on Computer Communications and Networks (ICCCN '95)
A reflective object-oriented distributed system for heterogeneous multimedia environments
Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
September 20-September 23
ISBN: 0-8186-7180-7
L.T. Chen, Dept. of Inf. & Comput. Sci., California Univ., Irvine, CA, USA
Leslee Xu, Dept. of Inf. & Comput. Sci., California Univ., Irvine, CA, USA
T. Suda, Dept. of Inf. & Comput. Sci., California Univ., Irvine, CA, USA
T. Yamamoto, Dept. of Inf. & Comput. Sci., California Univ., Irvine, CA, USA
K. Obinata, Dept. of Inf. & Comput. Sci., California Univ., Irvine, CA, USA
Abstract: In this paper, object-oriented techniques and concepts (e.g., object migration inheritance delegation) and reflection are applied to the design of a distributed system called the reflective object-oriented distributed system (RODS). RODS hides object distribution and underlying platform heterogeneity to simplify the development of distributed multimedia applications. RODS has two major components: the flexible multimedia object adaptor (FMOA) and the reflective object request broker (RORB). The FMOA is an application framework of classes to facilitate the construction of distributed multimedia applications. The RORB is a CORBA object request broker that integrates additional features such as smart proxies, delegation, migration, and sharing. By utilizing a reflective model, RORB allows the application programmer and the system to dynamically modify distributed object management policies.
Index Terms:
multimedia communication; reflective object-oriented distributed system; heterogeneous multimedia environments; object migration inheritance delegation; RODS; object distribution; underlying platform heterogeneity; distributed multimedia applications; flexible multimedia object adaptor; reflective object request broker; FMOA; application framework; RORB; CORBA object request broker; smart proxies; migration; sharing; application programming; distributed object management policies
Citation:
L.T. Chen, Leslee Xu, T. Suda, T. Yamamoto, K. Obinata, "A reflective object-oriented distributed system for heterogeneous multimedia environments," icccn, pp.0186, Fourth International Conference on Computer Communications and Networks (ICCCN '95), 1995