A P2P Approach to ClassLoading in Java

The Classloader has long been one of the key extensibility points of the Java Virtual Machine architecture. It lies at the heart of many of the distributed mechanisms that have made the Java platform so successful. In this paper we give a brief overview of various distributed system technologies and analyze their applicability within a Peer-to-Peer domain. We propose a new architecture for remote loading of classes based on the Peer-to-Peer paradigm. This solution incorporates some novel approaches, addressing many of the problems inherent in current solutions. We also discuss our reference implementation of this approach over both traditional TCP/IP and JXTA based networks.

• Type: Conference
• Year: 2003
• Where: AP2PC
• Authors: Daryl Parker, David Cleary
• Keywords: AP2PC 2003, Java Virtual Machine, JXTA Based Networks, Key Extensibility Points