Component specification framewor:Anoverview

Most of the software developers are adopting the CBSE approach, to guarantee; on time delivery of software products, reduce development and maintenance cost and to improve reusability. CBSE is the development of new software by integrating built-in components. A component is a unit of composition with a well defined interface and having self-existence property. Component specification is performed in order to remove ambiguity/contradiction among the components. In this paper we have designed a component specification framework to maintain consistency among components. Our proposed framework is based on certain factors i-e functional specification, applicability, standards, related components, sample use, software connector´s specification, interface specification and behavior specification. With the help of this specification, we will be able to resolve component mismatch and compatibility problem. Also prevention from component integration failure is possible.