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Implicit Asynchronous Communication Software Architecture

Objectives of this Chapter

•   Introduce concepts of the asynchronous communication software architecture

•   Describe the nonbuffered event-based and buffered message-based architectures

•   Discuss applicable domains

•   Discuss the benefits and limitations of the asynchronous software architecture

•   Discuss other related architectures

8.1 Overview

This chapter discusses software designs with asynchronous implicit invocation communications used in blackboard architecture in Chapter 6. An asynchronous implicit invocation communication can be specified in two different modes: nonbuffered ...

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