Developing Parallel Applications Using the JAvaPorts Envirohment

摘要

The JAVAPORTS system is an environment that facilitates the rapid developemtn of modular, reusable, java-based parallel and distributed applications for networked macines with heterogeneous properties. The mai goals of the JAVPOTS system are to proide developers with:(i) the capability to quickly generate reusable software components for hte ocncurrent tasks of an application; (ii) a JAva interface allowing anonymous message passing among concurrent tasks, while keeping hte details of the coordination code hidden; (iii) tools that make it easy to define, assemble and reconfigure concurrent applications on clusters using pre-exiting and/or new software ocmponents. In this paper we proivde an overview of the current state of the system placing more emphasis on the tools that support parallel applications development and deployment.