Grid Application Framework for Java1.0

Grid Application Framework for Java (GAF4J) is a lightweight framework that abstracts all grid semantics from the application logic and provides a simpler programming model that lines up smoothly with common JavaTM programming models. GAF4J abstracts the details of interfacing with a grid middleware, which is assumed to be the Globus Toolkit, for transferring files to remote nodes, starting remote jobs, and monitoring their execution status. GAF4J provides a simpler programming model that enables the development of maintainable Java applications uncluttered with calls to grid services.