Title :
Architecture specification support for component integration
Author :
Kozaczynski, W. Voytek ; Liongosari, Edy S. ; Ning, Jim Q. ; Olafsson, Ásgeir
Author_Institution :
Center for Strategic Technol. Res., Anderson Consulting, Chicago, IL, USA
Abstract :
The paper describes an approach to automating the construction of software systems from components. We illustrate how integration-related concerns such as component interfacing, interconnection, distribution and configuration can be modeled with a specification language. We also show how a graphics-based design environment can be used to support visual specification and transformation of integration specifications into implementations. This approach raises the level of architecture specifications to assist the currently labor-intensive and error-prone process of system integration
Keywords :
computer aided software engineering; computer graphics; formal specification; programming environments; software reusability; specification languages; visual programming; architecture specification support; automated software system construction; component integration; component interfacing; configuration; distribution; graphics-based design environment; implementations; integration specifications; interconnection; specification language; system integration; visual specification; visual transformation; Buildings; Computer architecture; Computer industry; Hardware; LAN interconnection; Middleware; Software engineering; Software standards; Software systems; Time to market;
Conference_Titel :
Computer-Aided Software Engineering, 1995. Proceedings., Seventh International Workshop on
Conference_Location :
Toronto, Ont.
Print_ISBN :
0-8186-7078-9
DOI :
10.1109/CASE.1995.465331
