Table of Content

Getting Started
Component Model
Publications
Slides
Fractal Workshops

Getting Started

If you are new to Fractal, it is recommended to step through the following reading/downloading path:

Read the Developing with Fractal tutorial which introduces the Fractal component model through the example of a simple Web server (the so-called Comanche web server).
Download Julia which is the reference implementation of the Fractal component model. This distribution contains some simple examples such as the Hello World example described in the Fractal Tutorial.
Download Fractal ADL which is the Architecture Description Language of Fractal. This distribution contains the Hello World example revisited with Fractal ADL.

You can then proceed with some more advanced materials such as The Fractal Component Model document which contains the specification of Fractal and the implementations, librairies and tools listed below.

Component Model

The following documents contains some more advanced material on the definition of the Fractal component model:

The Fractal Component Model is the reference document which specifies the Fractal component model.
Fractal API is the Java version of the Fractal API as defined by the specifications.
Fractal Tutorial provides a detailed tutorial on the functionalities of Fractal.

Some additional information is also available on the product-specific pages:

Implementations
- Julia: the reference implementation of the Fractal Component Model.
- AOKell: an aspect-oriented implementation of the Fractal Component Model.
Component Libraries
- Fractal JMX: managing Fractal applications with the JMX protocol.
- Fractal RMI: remote communications between Fractal components.
Tools
- Fraclet: the annotation-based programming model of the Fractal component model.
- Fractal ADL: the architecture description language of the Fractal component model.
- Fractal BPC: is the Fractal behavior protocol checker.
- Fractal Explorer: a graphical console for reconfiguring and managing Fractal applications at runtime.
- Fractal GUI: a Swing-based application for designing Fractal applications.
- FScript: is the Fractal scripting language.

Reference Publications

E. Bruneton, T. Coupaye, M. Leclercq, V. Quéma, and J.-B. Stefani. The Fractal Component Model and Its Support in Java. Software Practice and Experience, special issue on Experiences with Auto-adaptive and Reconfigurable Systems. 36(11-12), 2006. [PDF]
E. Bruneton, T. Coupaye, M. Leclercq, V. Quéma, and J.-B. Stefani. An Open Component Model and Its Support in Java. Seventh International Symposium on Component-Based Software Engineering (CBSE-7). LNCS 3054, pp. 7-22, May 2004. [PDF]
E. Bruneton, T. Coupaye, and J.-B. Stefani. Recursive and Dynamic Software Composition with Sharing. Seventh International Workshop on Component-Oriented Programming (WCOP02), Monday, June 10, 2002 - At ECOOP 2002, Malaga, Spain, June 10-14, 2002. [PDF]

In French:

T. Coupaye, V. Quéma, L. Seinturier, J.-B. Stefani. Le système de composants Fractal. Chapitre 3 de Intergiciel et Construction d'Applications Réparties. Janvier 2007.

Slides

Fractal tutorial at ICAR 2006. August 2006. (in French)
Fractal lecture at ECOOP 2006. July 4, 2006.
Fractal lecture at 3rd LAFMI summer school on distributed systems, UDLA, Puebla, Mexico, August 16-20, 2004.
Fractal tutorial at ICAR 2003. August 2003. (in French)
Fractal presentation at the 2nd ObjectWeb Conference. November 2002.

Fractal Workshops

5th Fractal workshop at ECOOP 2006. July 3, 2006.
4th Fractal workshop at Middleware 2005. November 28, 2005.
3rd Fractal workshop at the June 2005 ObjectWeb meeting. June 21, 2005.
2nd Fractal workshop at the March 2004 ObjectWeb Architecture meeting. March 25, 2004.
1st Fractal workshop. January 29, 2003.

Mailing list

Questions, comments, ideas, etc. related to Fractal can be posted on the Fractal mailing list .