The Jini™ Specifications, Edited by Ken Arnold (Jini Series) - Softcover

Waldo, Jim; Jini™ Technology Team The

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0201726173 ISBN 13: 9780201726176

Publisher: Addison Wesley, 2000

Synopsis

Here is the new Jini 1.1 specification update―supporting the next wave of Jini development, which includes a large role in networking smart devices as embedded technology hooks up to the net. The Jini technology community has grown dramatically―doubling in the last six months to more than 50,000 developers. Adoption of Jini continues to move forward at a rapid pace. Strong industry support comes from Sun, Quantum, Motorola, Ford, and other companies. The US Department of Defense is using Jini in its Tactical Operations Centers and the US Navy is incorporating Jini into its next generation ship computing architecture. Built on top of a Java software infrastructure, Jini technology enables all types of digital devices to work together, linking printers, faxes, and desktop computers. The technology is ideal for building the home-based networks that are now emerging: entertainment systems, smart houses, cars, and hand-held devices. The new 1.1 specification includes advances in helper utilities and services, enabling developers to speed up development.

About this title

About the Author

Jim Waldo is a Distinguished Engineer with Sun Microsystems, where he has been the lead architect for the Jini project since its inception. Prior to the Jini project, Jim worked in Sun's Java Software group and in Sun Microsystems Laboratories, doing research into the areas of object-oriented programming and systems, distributed computing, and user environments. Jim is also on the faculty of Harvard University, where he teaches distributed computing in the department of computer science.

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From the Back Cover

Built on top of the Java™ software infrastructure, Jini™ technology enables all types of services and devices to work together in a community--organized without extensive planning, installation, or human intervention. Jini technology allows the lines to blur between what is hardware and what is software by representing all hardware and software as Jini technology-enabled "services," accessible either directly or through surrogates written in the Java programming language. In a distributed system of Jini technology-enabled services, these programs interact spontaneously, enabling services to join or leave the network with ease, which allows clients to view and access available services with confidence. A system of Jini technology-enabled services can link office components such as printers, faxes, and desktop computers. Beyond these traditional networks, the technology is also ideal for building the home-based networks that are now emerging: entertainment systems, cars, smart houses, and personal computers.

This book contains the formal specification for the core Jini technology, as well as specifications for local helper utilities and remote helper services. It offers a review of distributed computing fundamentals, an overview of the Jini architecture, and an introduction to the key concepts that are the source of the technology's simplicity and power--remote objects, leasing, distributed events, and a two-phase commit protocol. The formal specifications provide the definitive description of every element of the Jini architecture, including detailed information on such topics as:

• Jini discovery and join protocols
• Jini entry usage
• Jini distributed leasing concepts
• Jini distributed event programming model
• Jini transaction model and semantics
• Jini lookup service and lookup attribute schema
• Jini discovery, event, leasing, and join utilities
• Jini lookup discovery, lease renewal, and event mailbox helper services
• Jini device architecture

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Edition details

• Publisher: Addison Wesley
• Publication date: 2000
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0201726173
• ISBN 13: 9780201726176
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 688