A metasystem is composed geographically distributed heterogeneous resources that can be reached over the network. An essential software layer, often called middleware, maps heterogeneous hosts into a single coherent virtual machine, giving the user the power of a unique computing environment. In this paper, an object-oriented middleware for the metasystem based on Internet is described in detail. It masks the hardware details, giving the user a single-image space system with transparent data transfer and uniform program interface.
Citation:
Xiaolin Gui, Despei Qian, G. He, X.S. Dong, "An Object-Oriented Middleware for our Metasystem on Internet," tools, pp.122, 36th International Conference on Technology of Object-Oriented Languages and Systems (TOOLS-Asia'00), 2000