Transparent and Adaptable Object Replication Using a Reflective Java

J. Kleinöder, M. Golm

english, 12 pages

Abstract: Adaptability to special requirements of applications is a crucial concern of modern operating system architectures. Reflection and meta objects are means to achieve this adaptability. This paper describes a reflective architecture and the realization of different object-replication techniques within this architecture. The reflective architecture is an extension of the Java run-time environment. We show how reflection can be used to implement replication that is transparent to the replicated object and its clients. The architecture allows a fine-grained adaptability of the replication protocols to special object requirements. The problems of replication in object-oriented systems and their solutions are discussed.

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