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Figure above illustrates how a scoped tuple is propagated through the TOTAM network. It depicts two types of locations, the blue and red locations corresponding to two teams of a multi-player game scenario where users (blue team) can use their PDA’s to chase dangerous (virtual) gangsters (red team) in the outdoors. The scope of the propagated tuple has been limited to blue locations. Figure (a) illustrates that a tuple is injected from the location with a star. This location is connected to four blue locations and one red location. As the scope of the tuple is limited to blue locations the tuple is only sent to the four blue locations. From those four locations the tuple is transitively propagated obeying the scope of the tuple until all connected blue locations are reached without being transmitted to a red location. Note that one blue location is not transitively connected to the sending device and thus does not receive the tuple. Figure (b) illustrates that a blue location moved into the range of the isolated blue location and thus, transmits the tuple to it. Again the tuple is not transmitted to nearby red locations. It is important to note from this operational sketch that the first isolated location receives a tuple without being connected at any time with the start location in which the tuple was originally inserted. | Figure above illustrates how a scoped tuple is propagated through the TOTAM network. It depicts two types of locations, the blue and red locations corresponding to two teams of a multi-player game scenario where users (blue team) can use their PDA’s to chase dangerous (virtual) gangsters (red team) in the outdoors. The scope of the propagated tuple has been limited to blue locations. Figure (a) illustrates that a tuple is injected from the location with a star. This location is connected to four blue locations and one red location. As the scope of the tuple is limited to blue locations the tuple is only sent to the four blue locations. From those four locations the tuple is transitively propagated obeying the scope of the tuple until all connected blue locations are reached without being transmitted to a red location. Note that one blue location is not transitively connected to the sending device and thus does not receive the tuple. Figure (b) illustrates that a blue location moved into the range of the isolated blue location and thus, transmits the tuple to it. Again the tuple is not transmitted to nearby red locations. It is important to note from this operational sketch that the first isolated location receives a tuple without being connected at any time with the start location in which the tuple was originally inserted. | ||
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TOTAM has been implemented in AmbientTalk. The system library shipped with AmbientTalk contains the TOTAM implementation under at/ | TOTAM has been implemented in AmbientTalk. The system library shipped with AmbientTalk contains the TOTAM implementation under at/ | ||
+ | ==== Creating a Tuplespace and Tuples ==== | ||
In order to use TOTAM, you need to load the library and create a TOTAM tuple space as follows: | In order to use TOTAM, you need to load the library and create a TOTAM tuple space as follows: | ||
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- | A description can be passed in the '' | + | A description can be passed in the '' |
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+ | To create a tuple or a template | ||
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// a “hallo” message tuple from wolf. | // a “hallo” message tuple from wolf. | ||
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def msgTuples := tuple: [" | def msgTuples := tuple: [" | ||
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+ | ==== Adding and Reading Tuples ==== | ||
TOTAM provides operations to add and read tuples from the tuple space as follows: | TOTAM provides operations to add and read tuples from the tuple space as follows: | ||
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- | The '' | + | The '' |
- | In the original Linda model, read and in operations were provided to return a copy of the tuple and remove the tuple from the tuple, respectively. Those operations where blocking. TOTAM, inspired by Lime, offers non-blocking variants of these operations | + | In the original Linda model, read and in operations were provided to return a copy of the tuple and remove the tuple from the tuple, respectively. Those operations where blocking. TOTAM, inspired by Lime, offers non-blocking variants of these operations: |
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- | The '' | + | The '' |
- | The '' | + | The '' |
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Note that the network facilities are disabled by default, so before injecting something in the network, the '' | Note that the network facilities are disabled by default, so before injecting something in the network, the '' | ||
- | A tuple injected | + | ==== Tuple' |
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+ | Similar to TOTA, public tuples are replicated and shared amongst devices when devices come into communication range. We thus say that tuple are propagated into the //TOTAM network//, i.e. a logical network formed by all devices which host a TOTAM tuple space. The spread of tuples into the TOTAM network can be controlled by means of a propagation protocol. Each tuple injected | ||
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- | However, other propagation protocols can be created and attached to a tuple before being injected in the network as follows: | + | Custom |
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- | The '' | + | The '' |
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- | // sends an antituple to notify the removal of this tuple. | + | // cancels the propagation of the tuple to new devices in the TOTAM network. |
+ | publication.cancel(); | ||
+ | // sends an antituple to notify the removal of this tuple in devices which carry a copy. | ||
publication.retract(); | publication.retract(); | ||
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- | In order to notify | + | Upon a '' |
+ | Upon a '' | ||
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+ | Note that '' | ||
+ | </ | ||
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