Part VI. Programming With Components

Table of Contents

Chapter 25. Introduction

Chapter 26. Getting started

Chapter 27. User guide

27.1. Architecture Description Language

27.1.1. Overview

27.1.2. Exportation and composition of virtual nodes

27.1.3. Usage

27.2. Deployment

27.3. Collective interfaces

27.3.1. Motivations

27.3.2. Multicast interfaces

27.3.3. Gathercast interfaces

27.4. Implementation specific API

27.4.1. fractal.provider

27.4.2. Requirements

27.4.3. Content and controller descriptions

27.4.4. Collective interfaces

27.4.5. Priority controller

27.4.6. Stream ports

27.5. Advanced

27.5.1. Controllers and interceptors

27.5.2. Lifecycle: encapsulation of functional activity in component lifecycle

27.5.3. Structuring the membrane with non-functional components

27.6. Short cuts

27.6.1. Principles

27.6.2. Configuration

Chapter 28. Architecture and design

28.1. Meta-object protocol

28.2. Components vs active objects

28.3. Method invocations on components interfaces

Chapter 29. Component examples

29.1. From objects to active objects to distributed components

29.1.1. Type

29.1.2. Description of the content

29.1.3. Description of the controller

29.1.4. From attributes to client interfaces

29.2. The HelloWorld example

29.2.1. Set-up

29.2.2. Architecture

29.2.3. Distributed deployment

29.2.4. Execution

29.2.5. The HelloWorld ADL files

Chapter 30. Component perspectives: a support for advanced research

30.1. Dynamic reconfiguration

30.2. Model-checking

30.3. Pattern-based deployment

30.4. Graphical tools

30.4.1.

Chapter 31. Annex

31.1. The starter example files