Title :
Object-oriented interfaces in the Mach 3.0 multi-server system
Author :
Guedes, Paulo ; Julin, Daniel P.
Author_Institution :
OSF Res. Inst., Cambridge, MA, USA
Abstract :
The Mach 3.0 multi-server system decomposes the functionality of the operating system between a micro-kernel, a set of system servers running in user-mode and an emulation library executing in the address space of applications. The interfaces provided by the system servers are object-oriented and both the servers and the emulation library are written in an object-oriented language. This paper presents how the interfaces between the components are specified and implemented to guarantee consistency and early detection of errors, yet maintaining the flexibility to extend and configure the system by adding new or modified servers without affecting existing pieces
Keywords :
network servers; object-oriented programming; operating systems (computers); Mach 3.0; emulation library; error detection; micro-kernel; multi-server system; object-oriented interfaces; object-oriented language; operating system; system servers; Application software; Emulation; File servers; Kernel; Libraries; Network servers; Object oriented modeling; Object oriented programming; Operating systems; System testing;
Conference_Titel :
Object Orientation in Operating Systems, 1991. Proceedings., 1991 International Workshop on
Conference_Location :
Palo Alto, CA
Print_ISBN :
0-8186-2265-2
DOI :
10.1109/IWOOOS.1991.183033
