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Architecture

The astroDevice platform is composed of following softwares:

• [astroDeviceServer], installed on host where the astronomical devices is connected, it enables to control these devices.
• [astroDeviceClient], installed on any host, it provides all user interfaces for control of devices managed by astroDeviceServer.
• and various plugins enabling astronomy softwares to control devices through the platform astroDevice.

Technologies used for development

• Languages Java and C++ (only for all features not supported by java)
• Object/Relational Mapping technology with Hibernate for access to databases
• User interface API with Standard Widget Toolkit (SWT)
• C++ libraries calling with Java Native Interface (JNI)
• Inter-process communication through RMI/IIOP (CORBA compatibility - this technology enables the implementation in other languages ​​than Java)
• Software building with Apache Maven
• Process driving with Apache Ant (source generation, etc...)
• Unit test with JUnit, DBUnit and EasyMock
• Logging with Apache Log4J

See also:

• [Installing the Java development platform]
• [Installing the C++ development platform for MS Windows]
• [Installing the C++ development platform for Linux]