Adaptive and Reflective Middleware

Middleware for Communications

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 29-52

  Curry, Edward ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Adaptive middleware; Component frameworks; CORBA Component Model (CCM); Generative programming; Meta Level Programming; Meta Object Protocol or MOP; Middleware platforms; Reflective middleware; Structural reflection

Indexed keywords

COMMON OBJECT REQUEST BROKER ARCHITECTURE (CORBA);

ADAPTIVE MIDDLEWARE; COMPONENT FRAMEWORK; CORBA COMPONENT MODELS; GENERATIVE PROGRAMMING; META LEVELS; META-OBJECT PROTOCOLS; MIDDLEWARE PLATFORMS; REFLECTIVE MIDDLEWARE; STRUCTURAL REFLECTION;

MIDDLEWARE;

EID: 84958836261     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/0470862084.ch2     Document Type: Chapter

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