%0 Book Section %A Bettini, Lorenzo %A De Nicola, Rocco %A Falassi, Daniele %A Lacoste, Marc %A Loreti, Michele %B Distributed Applications and Interoperable Systems (DAIS 2005) %D 2005 %E Kutvonen, Lea %E Alonistioti, Nancy %F eprints:303 %I Springer %P 181-193 %S Lecture Notes in Computer Science %T A Flexible and Modular Framework for Implementing Infrastructures for Global Computing %U http://eprints.imtlucca.it/303/ %V 3543 %X We present a Java software framework for building infrastructures to support the development of applications for systems where mobility and network awareness are key issues. The framework is particularly useful to develop run-time support for languages oriented towards global computing. It enables platform designers to customize communication protocols and network architectures and guarantees transparency of name management and code mobility in distributed environments. The key features are illustrated by means of a couple of simple case studies. %Z The original publication is available at www.springerlink.com