Model-Driven Development - From Object-Oriented Design to Actor-Oriented Design
Edward A. Lee · 2003
deeply rooted in procedural abstractions. These say little about concurrency, temporal properties, and assumptions and guarantees in the face of dynamic system structure. Actor-oriented design contrasts with (and complements) object-oriented design by emphasizing concurrency and communication between components. Components called actors execute and communicate with other actors. While interfaces in object-oriented design (methods, principally) mediate transfer of the locus of control, interfaces in actor-oriented design (which we call ports) mediate communication. But the communication is not assumed to involve a transfer of control. This paper explores the use of behavioral type systems in actor-oriented design. I.