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9th International Workshop on Software Specification & Design
Towards an Algebra of Architectural Connectors: a Case Study on Synchronization for Mobility
Ise-Shima (Isobe), Japan
April 16-April 18
ISBN: 0-8186-8439-9
Michel Wermelinger, Universidade Nova de Lisboa
Jose Luiz Fiadeiro, Universidade Nova de Lisboa
To cope with the flexibility and extensibility needed for the specification of the architecture of evolving software systems, it is useful to have a set of primitive connectors from which new ones can be created in a systematic way as needs arise and to connect components only when they are required to interact. This could be achieved with a connector algebra whose constants are given primitive connectors and whose operations allow the (transient) creation of new connectors. This paper is a step towards that goal. We put forward an application-independent connector for partial action synchronization and three generic operations. Applied to the basic connector, they provide application-specific connectors for inhibition and full synchronization of actions. Moreover, we associate to each connector a condition stating when it should be applied to components.
Citation:
Michel Wermelinger, Jose Luiz Fiadeiro, "Towards an Algebra of Architectural Connectors: a Case Study on Synchronization for Mobility," iwssd, pp.135, 9th International Workshop on Software Specification & Design, 1998
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