What is the Jtrix platform?

The Jtrix platform is a framework for implementing an open, distributed execution environment for software components. It defines three basic entity categories in the system:

Netlets
(Section [*]) are code-mobile application components.
Nodes
(Section [*]) are executors of netlets, typically with a fixed physical location.
Services
(Section [*]) are location-independent providers of functionality and/or state.
Netlets, nodes, and services are required to support certain protocols and interactions, as well as certain document formats (e.g. descriptors and warrants, see Section [*]).

A node provides a local component execution environment that offers certain facilities and guarantees to netlets executing within the environment, particularly with respect to:



Ulf Leonhardt 2001-08-16