Developer(s) | Poznan Supercomputing and Networking Center |
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Stable release | 2.0 / March 31, 2015 |
Written in | Java |
Operating system | Cross-platform |
Type | software framework |
License | Apache License Version 2.0 |
Website | http://vinetoolkit.psnc.pl |
Vine Toolkit is an open source software framework that is used to create Grid-aware web applications. [1]
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:
In its basic form ( without any additional plugins ) it could be perceived as a MVC framework. [3]
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]
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:
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