Title :
Ephemeral Java source code
Author :
Eisenbach, Susan ; Sadler, Chris
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Comput., Imperial Coll. of Sci., Technol. & Med., London, UK
Abstract :
In an object oriented, distributed environment, program maintenance, which has never been the most predictable task, becomes even more uncertain. Java´s dynamic loading mechanism was developed to tackle some of the uncertainties. In doing so, it shifts the focus from the state of the sources to that of the binaries. This paper discusses some of the implications of that move
Keywords :
Java; object-oriented programming; software maintenance; distributed environment; dynamic loading mechanism; ephemeral Java source code; object oriented environment; program maintenance; Aircraft; Application software; Distributed computing; Educational institutions; Java; Joining processes; Packaging; Programming; Software systems; Uncertainty;
Conference_Titel :
Distributed Computing Systems, 1999. Proceedings. 7th IEEE Workshop on Future Trends of
Conference_Location :
Cape Town
Print_ISBN :
0-7695-0468-X
DOI :
10.1109/FTDCS.1999.818778
