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The promises of object-orientation and distributed computing could be delivered if the software we needed were written in stone. But it isn't, it changes. The challenge of distributed object-oriented maintenance is to find a means of evolving software, which already has a distributed client base. Working within this scenario, we observe how certain object-oriented language systems seek to support differing client requirements and service obligations. In particular, we examine how the Java Language Specification (JLS) facilitates the concept of binary compatibility, a useful property, but one that may introduce a class of clients who dare not re-compile! Following a suggestion in the new draft JLS, we describe our tool to manage distributed version control and we formulate some proposals for future developments
Published in:
Software Maintenance, 2001. Proceedings. IEEE International Conference on
Date of Conference: 2001
- Page(s):
- 479 - 487
- Meeting Date :
- 07 Nov 2001-09 Nov 2001
- ISSN :
- 1063-6773
- Print ISBN:
- 0-7695-1189-9
- INSPEC Accession Number:
- 7146516
- Conference Location :
- Florence
- Digital Object Identifier :
- 10.1109/ICSM.2001.972761
- Product Type:
- Conference Publications
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