A generic visualization framework to help debug mobile-object-based distributed programs running on large networks

Author

Wong, Allan K Y ; Dillon, Tharam S. ; Ip, May T W ; Lin, Wilfred W K

Author_Institution

Dept. of Comput., Hong Kong Polytech. Univ., Kowloon, China

fYear

2001

fDate

2001

Firstpage

240

Lastpage

247

Abstract

A generic visualization framework (VF) is proposed in this paper with the aim of aiding the debugging of mobile object-based distributed programs running on large networks. This framework consists of three logical layers, namely, the lower public Intranet (PI), the middle visualization data structures (VDS), and the upper visualization user interface (VUI). The VDS makes the VF generic because data structures can be adapted easily to accommodate different platforms that support mobile objects (agents). The adaptation does not affect the VUI and PI features described in this paper. In the simulation and tests, the VF was adapted for the stable Aglets mobile agent platform, and the preliminary results confirm that the VF is indeed a viable approach to help debug mobile object-based distributed programs running on large networks such as the Internet

Keywords

Internet; data structures; distributed object management; distributed programming; intranets; program debugging; program visualisation; user interfaces; Aglets; Internet; generic visualization framework; large networks; mobile object-based distributed programs; program debugging; public Intranet; software reliability; visualization data structures; visualization user interface; Data structures; Data visualization; Debugging; Fault detection; IP networks; Internet; Programmable logic arrays; Real time systems; Testing; User interfaces;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Object-Oriented Real-Time Dependable Systems, 2001. Proceedings. Sixth International Workshop on

Conference_Location

Rome

ISSN

1530-1443

Print_ISBN

0-7695-1068-X

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/WORDS.2001.945136

Filename

945136