Babylon v2.0: Support for Distributed, Parallel and Mobile Java Applications

This thesis describes the design and implementation of Babylon v2.0. Babylon v2.0 is a 100% Java compatible framework for building parallel, distributed and mobile applications in Java. Babylon v2.0 incorporates features like object migration, asynchronous method invocation and remote class loading while providing an easy-to-use interface that enables seamless interaction with remote objects and hides the complexities of remote messaging protocols that are normally large part of distributed systems programming. The potential cluster computing benefits of Babylon v2.0 are demonstrated by the evaluation results which show that sequential Java applications can achieve significant performance gains by using Babylon v2.0 to parallelize their work across a cluster of workstations. Intuitive interfaces, ease of use, support for multiple simultaneous users, and services and features that facilitate the development and administration of distributed systems make Babylon v2.0 a unique and powerful system for distributed systems programmers.

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