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Automatic Configuration of
Component-Based Distributed Systems

Fabio Kon

THESIS

Department of Computer Science
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

B.S., University of São Paulo, 1991
B.A., São Paulo State University, 1992
M.S., University of São Paulo, 1994

Abstract
Acknowledgments
Contents
List of Tables
List of Figures
List of Abbreviations
1. Introduction
- 1.1 The Heart of the Problem
- 1.2 Thesis Contribution
- 1.3 Thesis Contents
2. Dependence Management
- 2.1 Automatic Configuration
- 2.2 Dynamic Reconfiguration
- 2.3 Fault-Tolerance
- 2.4 Adaptation
3. Overall Architecture
- 3.1 The Big Picture
- 3.2 Automatic Configuration
  - 3.2.1 Prerequisites
- 3.3 Component Configurator
- 3.4 Reconfiguration and Inspection Agents
4. Automatic Configuration Service
- 4.1 A Flexible Framework
- 4.2 A Concrete Implementation
  - 4.2.1 SPDF
  - 4.2.2 Simple Resolver and Caching Resolver
- 4.3 Interactions with Resource Management Services
- 4.4 Use Cases
5. Component Configurators
- 5.1 Separation of Concerns
- 5.2 Implementation
- 5.3 Customization
- 5.4 Use Cases
6. Reconfiguration Agents
- 6.1 Implementation
  - 6.1.1 Java Agents
- 6.2 Security
- 6.3 Fault-Tolerance and Consistency
7. Application Scenarios
- 7.1 dynamicTAO
- 7.2 Scalable Multimedia Distribution
- 7.3 Other Applications
8. Experimental Results
- 8.1 Automatic Configuration Service
- 8.2 Dynamic Reconfiguration Using Component Configurators
  - Discussion
- 8.3 Mobile Agents for Reconfiguration, Inspection, and
  Code Distribution
  - Discussion
9. Related Work
- 9.1 Programming Models
  - 9.1.1 Reflective Programming
  - 9.1.2 Aspect-Oriented Programming
- 9.2 Component Architectures
- 9.3 Prerequisites
- 9.4 WYNIWYG in Operating Systems
- 9.5 Software Architecture
- 9.6 Dynamic Configuration
- 9.7 Application Scenarios
  - 9.7.1 Multimedia Distribution System
  - 9.7.2 dynamicTAO
10. Future Work
- 10.1 Libraries of Customized Component Configurators
- 10.2 Automatic Prerequisite Generation and Verification
- 10.3 Dynamic Adaptability
- 10.4 Integration with ADLs
- 10.5 Component Repository
- 10.6 Security
- 10.7 Concurrency
11. Conclusions
- 11.1 Original Contributions
- 11.2 Perspectives
Bibliography
12. Vita
Index
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Fabio Kon

Automatic Configuration of Component-Based Distributed Systems

Automatic Configuration of
Component-Based Distributed Systems