TY  - JOUR
A1  - Haupt, Michael
A1  - Adams, Bram
A1  - Timbermont, Stijn
A1  - Gibbs, Celina
A1  - Coady, Yvonne
A1  - Hirschfeld, Robert
T1  - Disentangling virtual machine architecture
N2  - Virtual machine (VM) implementations are made of intricately intertwined subsystems, interacting largely through implicit dependencies. As the degree of crosscutting present in VMs is very high, VM implementations exhibit significant internal complexity. This study proposes an architecture approach for VMs that regards a VM as a composite of service modules coordinated through explicit bidirectional interfaces. Aspect-oriented programming techniques are used to establish these interfaces, to coordinate module interaction, and to declaratively express concrete VM architectures. A VM architecture description language is presented in a case study, illustrating the application of the proposed architectural principles.
Y1  - 2009
UR  - http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/RecentIssue.jsp?punumber=4124007
U6  - https://doi.org/10.1049/iet-sen.2007.0121
SN  - 1751-8806
ER  -