Vine Toolkit
| Developer(s) | Poznan Supercomputing and Networking Center |
|---|---|
| Stable release | 2.0
/ March 31, 2015 |
| Written in | Java |
| Operating system | Cross-platform |
| Type | software framework |
| License | Apache License Version 2.0 [1] |
| Website | http://vinetoolkit.psnc.pl |
Vine Toolkit is an open source software framework that is used to create Grid-aware web applications.[1]
Usage
According to the Vine Toolkit web site:
"Vine is a modular, extensible Java library that offers developers an easy-to-use, high-level Application Programmer Interface (API) for Grid-enabling applications. Vine can be deployed for use in desktop, Java Web Start, Java Servlet and Java Portlet environments with ease." [2]
According to the Vine Toolkit project page, Vine case be used to:
- Create web application based on Flex technologies.
- Add Grid context to the web components with the relevant plugins.
- Abstract different middlewares implementation details. That allows user to create his application once and execute it on every supported middleware.
In its basic form ( without any additional plugins ) it could be perceived as a MVC framework.[3]
Architecture
One of the key concepts in Vine is its plug-in based structure:
"The Vine Toolkit consists of a core project that defines a base API and programming model upon which sub projects are built. Each sub project addresses a particular problem area. Some, like the Grid Vine, build upon core Vine to define more general concepts and extensible elements. Others, like the Globus Toolkit 4 Vine, are concerned with adding support for particular third party libraries and services. Each project conforms to a particular file structure that defines how source code is built as well as how third party libraries and configuration files are packaged and deployed." [4]
Platforms
Since Vine is Java and Flex based framework it works with all major platforms including Windows, Unix and Mac Os. On top of that Vine offers several deployment scenarios:
- Integration with the Gridsphere portlet container.[5]
- Integration with the Liferay portal.
- Web service instance.
- Standalone ( console ) application.
Release history
- Vine Toolkit 1.0 – May 2008
- Vine Toolkit 1.1 – October 2009
- Vine Toolkit 1.2 – April 2010
- Vine Toolkit 1.3 - April 2011
- Vine Toolkit 2.0 - March 2015
References
- ^ "IT-Tude.com Vine Toolkit entry".
- ^ "Vine Toolkit information".
- ^ "Blog entry describing Vine as MVC framework".
- ^ "The Vine Toolkit: A Java Framework for Developing Grid Applications". Parallel Processing and Applied Mathematics. Springer Berlin / Heidelberg. 2008.
- ^ "Gridsphere integration with Vine Toolkit".