Encapsulation and Dynamic Modularity in the π-calculus

  • Authors:
  • Daniel Hirschkoff;Aurélien Pardon;Tom Hirschowitz;Samuel Hym;Damien Pous

  • Affiliations:
  • ENS Lyon, LIP, Université de Lyon, CNRS, INRIA;ENS Lyon, LIP, Université de Lyon, CNRS, INRIA;LAMA, Université de Savoie, CNRS;LIFL, Université de Lille 1, INRIA, CNRS;SARDES, LIG, Grenoble, CNRS, INRIA

  • Venue:
  • Electronic Notes in Theoretical Computer Science (ENTCS)
  • Year:
  • 2009

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Abstract

We describe a process calculus featuring high level constructs for component-oriented programming in a distributed setting. We propose an extension of the higher-order @p-calculus intended to capture several important mechanisms related to component-based programming, such as dynamic update, reconfiguration and code migration. In this paper, we are primarily concerned with the possibility to build a distributed implementation of our calculus. Accordingly, we define a low-level calculus, that describes how the high-level constructs are implemented, as well as details of the data structures manipulated at runtime. We also discuss current and future directions of research in relation to our analysis of component-based programming.