A Structured Approach to Handling On-Line Interface Upgrades (2002)

Author(s): Jones C, Romanovsky A, Welch I

    Abstract: The Integration of complex systems out of existing systems is an active area of research and development. There are many practical situations in which the interfaces of the component systems, for example belonging to separate organisations, are changed dynamically and without notification. In this paper we propose an approach to handling such upgrades in a structured and disciplined fashion. All interface changes are viewed as abnormal events and general fault tolerance mechanisms (exception handling, in particular) are applied to dealing with them. The paper outlines general ways of detecting such interface upgrades and recovering after them. An Internet Travel Agency is used as a case study.

      • Date: 26-29 August 2002
      • Conference Name: 26th Annual International Computer Software and Applications Conference (COMPSAC)
      • Pages: 1000-1005
      • Publisher: IEEE Computer Society Press
      • Publication type: Conference Proceedings (inc. abstract)
      • Bibliographic status: Published
        Staff

        Professor Cliff Jones
        Professor
        • Telephone: +44 191 222 8183

        Professor Alexander Romanovsky
        Prof of Computing Science