Cocoon

Abstract

The software engineering techniques of reuse, encapsulation and information hiding are increasingly being employed in the construction of large, concurrent software systems. Simultaneously, hardware platforms continue to increase in sophistication, particularly in the area of concurrency. Thus, systems engineers are confronted with the problem of bridging the gap between (1) large computer-based software systems composed of tasks and ADTs/objects and (2) parallel and distributed computer platforms. Thus, this paper describes the COCOON (Creator Of Concurrent Object-OrieNted Systems) toolset. COCOON bridges the gap between object-oriented Ada software and distributed architectures. It partitions tasks, packages and subprograms, and assigns partitions to physical processors. The toolset automatically produces a distribution specification.