diff --git a/src/mad/ruby/ActionManager.rb b/src/mad/ruby/ActionManager.rb
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+# -------------------------------------------------------------------------- */
+# Copyright 2002-2009, Distributed Systems Architecture Group, Universidad   */
+# Complutense de Madrid (dsa-research.org)                                   */
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may    */
+# not use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain    */
+# a copy of the License at                                                   */
+#                                                                            */
+# http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0                                 */
+#                                                                            */
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software        */
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,          */
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.   */
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and        */
+# limitations under the License.                                             */
+# -------------------------------------------------------------------------- */
+
+require 'thread'
+
+=begin rdoc
+Copyright 2002-2009, Distributed Systems Architecture Group, Universidad
+Complutense de Madrid (dsa-research.org)
+
+This class provides support to handle actions. Class methods, or actions, can be
+registered in the action manager. The manager will wait for actions to be
+triggered (thread-safe), and will execute them concurrently. The action manager
+can be used to synchronize different objects in different threads
+
+== Example
+
+class Sample
+    attr_reader :am
+
+    def initialize
+        @am = ActionManager.new(15,true)
+
+        @am.register_action("SLEEP",method("sleep_action"))
+        @am.register_action("FINALIZE",method("finalize_action"),false)
+
+        @am.start_listener
+    end
+
+    def sleep_action(secs)
+        sleep(secs)
+    end
+
+    def finalize_action
+        p "Exiting..."
+        @am.stop_listener
+    end
+end
+
+    s = Sample.new
+
+    s.am.trigger_action("SLEEP",rand(3)+1)
+    s.am.trigger_action("FINALIZE")
+=end
+
+class ActionManager
+
+    # Creates a new Action Manager
+    #
+    # +concurrency+ is the maximun number of actions that can run at the same
+    # time
+    # +threaded+ if true actions will be executed by default in a different
+    # thread
+    def initialize(concurrency=10, threaded=true)
+        @actions  = Hash.new
+        @threaded = threaded
+
+        @concurrency     = concurrency
+        @action_queue    = Array.new
+        @running_actions = 0
+
+        @listener_thread = nil
+        @threads_mutex   = Mutex.new
+        @threads_cond    = ConditionVariable.new
+    end
+
+    # Registers a new action in the manager. An action is defined by:
+    #
+    # +aname+ name of the action, it will identify the action
+    # +method+ it's invoked with call. It should be a Proc or Method object
+    # +threaded+ execute the action in a new thread
+    def register_action(aname, method, threaded=nil)
+        threaded ||= @threaded
+
+        @actions[aname]={
+            :method     => method,
+            :threaded   => threaded
+        }
+    end
+
+    # Triggers the execution of the action.
+    #
+    # +aname+ name of the action
+    # +aargs+ arguments to call the action
+    def trigger_action(aname,*aargs)
+        @threads_mutex.synchronize {
+
+            if !@actions.has_key?(aname)
+                return
+            end
+
+            if @actions[aname][:method].arity != aargs.length
+                return
+            end
+
+            @action_queue << @actions[aname].merge(:args => aargs)
+
+            if @running_actions < @concurrency
+                @threads_cond.signal
+            end
+        }
+    end
+
+    def stop_listener
+        @listener_thread.kill!
+    end
+
+    def start_listener
+        @listener_thread = Thread.new {
+            while true
+                @threads_mutex.synchronize {
+                    while ((@concurrency - @running_actions)==0) ||
+                            @action_queue.size==0
+                        @threads_cond.wait(@threads_mutex)
+                    end
+
+                    run_action
+                }
+            end
+        }
+    end
+
+private
+
+    def run_action
+        action = @action_queue.shift
+
+        if action
+            @running_actions += 1
+
+            if action[:threaded]
+                Thread.new {
+                    action[:method].call(*action[:args])
+
+                    @threads_mutex.synchronize {
+                        @running_actions -= 1
+                        @threads_cond.signal
+                    }
+                }
+            else
+                action[:method].call(*action[:args])
+
+                @running_actions -= 1
+                @threads_cond.signal
+            end
+        end
+    end
+
+end
+
+if __FILE__ == $0
+
+    class Sample
+        attr_reader :am
+
+        def initialize
+            @am = ActionManager.new(15,true)
+
+            @am.register_action("SLEEP",method("sleep_action"))
+#            @am.register_action("SLEEP",Proc.new{|s,i| p s ; sleep(s)})
+            @am.register_action("NOP",method("nop_action"))
+            @am.register_action("FINALIZE",method("finalize_action"),false)
+
+            @am.start_listener
+       end
+
+        def sleep_action(secs, id)
+            p "ID: #{id} sleeping #{secs} seconds"
+            sleep(secs)
+            p "ID: #{id} Awaken!"
+        end
+
+        def nop_action
+            p " - Just an action"
+        end
+
+        def finalize_action
+            p "Exiting..."
+            @am.stop_listener
+            p "Done!"
+        end
+    end
+
+    s = Sample.new
+
+    100.times {|n|
+        100.times {|m|
+            s.am.trigger_action("SLEEP",rand(3)+1,m+n)
+            s.am.trigger_action("NOP")
+        }
+    }
+
+    sleep 10
+
+    s.am.trigger_action("FINALIZE")
+
+    sleep 3600
+end
+
diff --git a/src/mad/ruby/OpenNebulaDriver.rb b/src/mad/ruby/OpenNebulaDriver.rb
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+# -------------------------------------------------------------------------- */
+# Copyright 2002-2009, Distributed Systems Architecture Group, Universidad   */
+# Complutense de Madrid (dsa-research.org)                                   */
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may    */
+# not use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain    */
+# a copy of the License at                                                   */
+#                                                                            */
+# http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0                                 */
+#                                                                            */
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software        */
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,          */
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.   */
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and        */
+# limitations under the License.                                             */
+# -------------------------------------------------------------------------- */
+require "ActionManager"
+
+# Author:: dsa-research.org
+# Copyright:: (c) 2009 Universidad Computense de Madrid
+# License:: Apache License
+
+# This class provides basic messaging and logging functionality
+# to implement OpenNebula Drivers. A driver is a program that
+# specialize the OpenNebula behavior by interfacing with specific
+# infrastructure functionalities.
+#
+# A Driver inherits this class and only has to provide methods
+# for each action it wants to receive. The method must be associated
+# with the action name through the register_action func
+
+class OpenNebulaDriver
+    def initialize(concurrency=10, threaded=true)
+        @send_mutex=Mutex.new
+
+        @am = ActionManager.new(concurrency,threaded)
+        @am.register_action("FINALIZE",method("stop_driver"),false)
+    end
+
+    def send_message(*args)
+        @send_mutex.synchronize {
+            STDOUT.puts args.join(' ')
+            STDOUT.flush
+        }
+    end
+
+    # Sends a log message to ONE. The +message+ can be multiline, it will
+    # be automatically splitted by lines.
+    def log(number, message)
+        msg=message.strip
+        msg.each_line {|line|
+            send_message("LOG", "-", number, line.strip)
+        }
+    end
+
+    def start_driver
+        @am.start_listener
+        loop
+    end
+
+private
+
+    def stop_driver
+        @am.stop_listener
+        exit(0)
+    end
+
+    def loop
+        while true
+            exit(-1) if STDIN.eof?
+
+            str=STDIN.gets
+            next if !str
+
+            args   = str.split(/\s+/)
+            next if args.length == 0
+
+            action = args.shift.upcase
+
+            @am.trigger_action(action,*args)
+        end
+    end
+end
+
+if __FILE__ == $0
+
+    class SampleDriver < OpenNebulaDriver
+        def initialize
+            super(5,true)
+
+            @am.register_action("SLEEP",method("my_sleep"))
+        end
+
+        def response(action,result,info)
+            send_message(action,result,info)
+        end
+
+        def my_sleep(timeout, num)
+            log(num,"Sleeping #{timeout} seconds")
+            sleep(timeout.to_i)
+            log(num,"Done with #{num}")
+
+            response("SLEEP","SUCCESS",num.to_s)
+        end
+    end
+
+    sd = SampleDriver.new
+    sd.start_driver
+
+    gets
+
+end
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