DocumentCode
1287604
Title
Shift from protocols to agents
Author
Joy, Bill
Author_Institution
Sun Microsyst., USA
Volume
4
Issue
1
fYear
2000
Firstpage
63
Lastpage
64
Abstract
The article discusses the shift from protocols to agents for the Internet by Sun Microsystems. Instead of extending the capability of the network by defining new protocols and having to test the many implementations of the protocols for compatibility, we create the ability to send Java implementations of protocols around the network to machines that include the Java Virtual Machine (Java VM). In this new architecture, the RMI (remote method invocation) protocol by which the Java VM exchanges agents becomes a “protocol to end all protocols”
Keywords
Internet; Java; mobile computing; object-oriented programming; protocols; remote procedure calls; Internet; Java VM; Java Virtual Machine; Java implementations; RMI; Sun Microsystems; agent exchange; mobile agents; remote method invocation protocol; Access protocols; Ethernet networks; Internet; Java; Programming profession; Radio access networks; Sun; TCPIP; Testing; Virtual manufacturing;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Internet Computing, IEEE
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
1089-7801
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/4236.815860
Filename
815860
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