Wrapping Legacy Codes for Grid-Based Applications (2003)
| Venue: | in Proceedings of the 17th International Parallel and Distributed Processing Symposium (Workshop on Java for HPC |
| Citations: | 14 - 0 self |
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@INPROCEEDINGS{Huang03wrappinglegacy,
author = {Yan Huang and Ian Taylor and David W. Walker},
title = {Wrapping Legacy Codes for Grid-Based Applications},
booktitle = {in Proceedings of the 17th International Parallel and Distributed Processing Symposium (Workshop on Java for HPC},
year = {2003},
pages = {22--26},
publisher = {ISBN}
}
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Abstract
This paper describes a process for the semi-automatic conversion of numerical and scientific routines written in the C programming language into Triana-based computational services that can be used within a distributed serviceoriented architecture such as that being adopted for Grid computing. This process involves two separate but related tools, JACAW and MEDLI. JACAW is a wrapper tool based on the Java Native Interface (JNI) that can automatically generate the Java interface and related files for any C routine, or library of C routines. The MEDLI tool can then be used to assist the user in describing the mapping between the Triana and C data types involved in calling a particular routine. In this paper we describe both JACAW and MEDLI, and demonstrate how they are used in practice to convert legacy code into Grid services. 1.
