Clustered enterprise JavaTM in a secure distributed processing system

A system for communication between processing devices in a cluster, comprising:

• a first processing device, having a first virtual machine executing thereon, and a first kernel that includes a first message routing data structure representing a virtual machine executing at a second processing device;
• a second processing device, having a second virtual machine executing thereon, and a second kernel that includes a second message routing data structure representing the first virtual machine executing at said first processing device;
• and,
• wherein a message may be transferred from said first virtual machine to said second virtual machine via the first message routing data structure on said first processing device and the second message routing data structure on said second processing device.

A system for communication between processing devices in a cluster, comprising:

• a first processing device, having a first virtual machine executing thereon, and a first kernel that includes a first message routing data structure representing a virtual machine executing at a second processing device;
• a second processing device, having a second virtual machine executing thereon, and a second kernel that includes a second message routing data structure representing both the first virtual machine executing at said first processing device, and a third virtual machine executing at a third processing device;
• a third processing device, having a third virtual machine executing thereon, and a third kernel that includes a third message routing data structure representing the virtual machine executing at said second processing device;
• and,
• wherein a message may be transferred from said first virtual machine to said third virtual machine via the first message routing data structure on said first processing device, the second message routing data structure on said second processing device, and the third message routing data structure on said third processing device.

A method of communication between processing devices in a cluster, comprising the steps of:

• providing a first processing device, said first processing device having a first virtual machine executing thereon, and a first kernel including a first message routing data structure representing a virtual machine executing at a second processing device;
• providing a second processing device, said second processing device having a second virtual machine executing thereon, and a second kernel including a second message routing data structure representing the first virtual machine executing at said first processing device;
• and,
• transferring a message from said first virtual machine to said second virtual machine via the first message routing data structure on said first processing device and the second message routing data structure at said second processing device.

A method of communication between processing devices in a cluster, comprising the steps of:

• providing a first processing device, having a first virtual machine executing thereon, and a first kernel including a first message routing data structure representing a virtual machine executing at a second processing device;
• providing a second processing device, having a second virtual machine executing thereon, and a second kernel including a second message routing data structure representing both the first virtual machine executing at said first processing device, and a third virtual machine executing at a third processing device;
• providing a third processing device, having a third virtual machine executing thereon, and a third kernel including a third message routing data structure representing the virtual machine executing at said second processing device;
• and,
• transferring a message from said first virtual machine to said third virtual machine via the first message routing data structure on said first processing device, the second message routing data structure on said second processing device, and the third message routing data structure on said third processing device.

An article of manufacture, comprising:

• a first processing device, having a first virtual machine executing thereon, and a first kernel that includes a first message routing data structure representing a virtual machine executing at a second processing device;
• a second processing device, having a second virtual machine executing thereon, and a second kernel that includes a second message routing data structure representing the first virtual machine executing at said first processing device;
• and,
• wherein a message may be transferred from said first virtual machine to said second virtual machine via the first message routing data structure on said first processing device and the second message routing data structure on said second processing device.

A computer readable medium including instructions stored thereon which when executed cause the computer to perform the steps of:

• providing a first processing device, said first processing device having a first virtual machine executing thereon, and a first kernel including a first message routing data structure representing a virtual machine executing at a second processing device;
• providing a second processing device, said second processing device having a second virtual machine executing thereon, and a second kernel including a second message routing data structure representing the first virtual machine executing at said first processing device;
• and,
• transferring a message from said first virtual machine to said second virtual machine via the first message routing data structure on said first processing device and the second message routing data structure at said second processing device.