BeanChannel: Java Distributed Event Model

The Java event delegation model is simple and efficient, yet may not suffice for complex designs. The COSS Event Service is powerful in theory, but its actual power depends on “quality of service”, with is a rather fuzzy concept. The InfoBus event model features strong and interesting capabilities, but exposes one drawback – it is not distributed. This paper presents a new Java event architecture, called BeanChannel, that is as intuitive as the event delegation model, as semantically rich as the COSS Event Service, and as expressive and modular as the InfoBus event model, while offering one significant bonus – distributed capability.