Problem Browser
The Network Browser Evolves into a Problem Browser
- In Java, code and data are interchangeable !
- The Customizable Browser : Instead of returning data about the component, the Discovery Netlet can return mobile code and URLs for inclusion in the network model.
- Browsing a component would then run this code or access this URL, producing a customized interaction with a component.
The Handyman : Instead of simply querying a component for identifying information, the Discovery Netlet can perform actions.
The Discovery Netlets can be equipped as mini-experts, discovering components with faults and autonomously fixing minor problems, using their own intelligence or by invoking the recovery facilities provided by the VMC (as permitted by the security facilities).
The Network Browser evolves into a problem-browser, managing netlets that are present in the network and fixing simple faults with minimal involvement of the operator.