Abstract
We present in this paper a generic approach for process transformation into strong mobile entity. Our approach is based on processes Serialisation using source code transformation, which generates the source code of a strong mobile process. Our approach is suitable for transforming distributed applications into mobile applications where every process can be migrated independently any time. We applied our approach to Java Thread by designing a grammar describing the generated mobile process code. The evaluation results of generated mobile Threads shows good performances.
Keywords
- Strong Mobility
- Source code transformation
- Serialisation
- Distributed systems
- Java Thread
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Marzouk, S., Ben Jemaa, M., Jmaiel, M. (2007). A Serialisation Based Approach for Processes Strong Mobility. In: Indulska, J., Raymond, K. (eds) Distributed Applications and Interoperable Systems. DAIS 2007. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 4531. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-72883-2_12
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