System Name: Odyssey
Current Version: None.
Organization: General Magic, Inc.
Entry status: authoritative
Supported platforms:
Java.
Supported languages:
Java.
Implemented standards: None.
Type of migration:
Weak.
How many threads or processes are possible per agent? Any number.
Local communication mechanisms and format of data:
Any permitted by Java.
Global communication mechanisms:
Any permitted by Java.
How the communication partner can be addressed:
Certain combinations of name, address, and class.
Resource access control mechanism:
None.
Agent tracking:
None.
Directory of services:
None.
Type of code migration:
All classes as a whole from sending host.
Other special features:
Reproduces selected Telescript abstractions subject to the limitations of the Java platform. The limitations are most severe in the area of resource consumption control.
Availability:
Not available.
License terms:
None.
Article that describe the current system best:
None.
Year of first publication of systems description: 1997
Project URL: None.
Contacts Email Address: white@genmagic.com
Last modification date of this entry: Wed Aug 25 18:35:29 MET DST 1999