States

Figure  shows the states of a netlet from the perspective of its host node. The states are characterised as follows:

Loaded

The netlet's non-lazy Jar files are in possession of the node. The node's internal objects for managing the netlet have been created.

Running

The netlet's object are inside the JVM's object space. Threads can be active inside the netlet.

Terminated

All netlet threads are terminated, and no new threads can be created. Node objects for the netlet may still exist.

Figure: Netlet states