Features

Support to software developers (programmers)

Automated service management

• Error management for distributed calls;
• Automated management of services’ dependencies (creation and preservation of client-server connections);
• Automatic publishing of service descriptions on the network;
• Automatic discovery of Nucleus instances running on the network (broadcast).

External database support through DAO services

• Data import, export and sharing;
• Real-time synchronisation of DAOs from various sources;
• XML configurations using XML files.

Configurable communication protocols

• Choice of TCP Socket, RMI, http or custom connectors;
• Choice of data (payload) serialization methods (compressed, encrypted, etc.).

Flexible usage

• Nucleus can be executed on any Operating System supported by Java (Windows, Linux);
• application Programming Interface (API);
• Simple and light platform (does not require any servers or databases);
• Graphical interfaces developed as Java plugins facilitate their integration with existing development environments.

Support to architects and software analysts

Facilitate the creation and preservation of modular systems

• Nucleus reusable/extendable components;
• XML configuration files detach the implementation (code) and the architecture;
• Inter-services dependencies based on “capabilities” thus promoting a versatile system architecture.

Services test and validation tools

• Facilitates the definition of service « specifications » (skeletons) used by programmers;
• Automated tests execution;
• Test results analysis and review with execution logs.

Highly flexible deployment

• Supports various Operating Systems;
• Inter-services relationships are independent on the machine on which they run.

Support to the end user (domain expert)

System Configuration/Reconfiguration without code programming/compiling

• Editable XML configuration files;
• Nucleus components facilitate and encourage the use of text-based property files (easy to edit).

Graphical User Interfaces

• Nucleus platforms (nodes) are launched from the toolbar;
• Overall view of the system : platforms (Nodes) on the network and their services;
• DAO introspection viewer (for detailed data entries);
• Graphic generation tool for custom graphics based on DAO data and updated (redrawn) in real-time.