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Eighth IEEE International Conference on Engineering of Complex Computer Systems (ICECCS'02)
Composability for Software Components: An Approach Based on the Whole-Part Theory
Greenbelt, Maryland
December 02-December 04
ISBN: 0-7695-1757-9
Franck Barbier, Universit? de Pau
Software components differ from ordinary software parts in the sense that they own composition potentialities, commonly named composability or compositionality. The lack of influence on Component- Based Software Engineering (CBSE),of reputable and recognized theories,somehow precludes for having comprehensive views and contributions on what composability really is. This paper is grounded on the Whole-Part theory, broadly used in other domains as ontology,knowledge engineering,and more recently, object modeling. However, the use of this theory in CBSE remains low. We on purpose formalize a special kind of composability for components operating on the same deployment node. The foundation of our approach is encapsulation of sub-components by components, emergent and resultant properties for components with regard to their sub-components and finally, state and lifetime dependencies. We lay down a general-purpose framework for designing components that truly possess composition potentialities, based on the fact that relationships between components and sub-components are highly coercive.
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Franck Barbier, "Composability for Software Components: An Approach Based on the Whole-Part Theory," iceccs, pp.101, Eighth IEEE International Conference on Engineering of Complex Computer Systems (ICECCS'02), 2002
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