Using event-based translation to support dynamic protocol evolution

• Published in: Proceedings. 26th International Conference on Software Engineering pp. 408 - 417
• Main Authors: Ryan, N.D., Wolf, A.L.
• Format: Conference Proceeding
• Language: English
• Published: IEEE 2004
• Subjects: Application software; Computer science; Logic; Message passing; Routing protocols; Software architecture; Software engineering; Web server

All systems built from distributed components involve the use of one or more protocols for inter-component communication. Whether these protocols are based on a broadly used standard or are specially designed for a particular application, they are likely to evolve. The goal of the work described her...