In component software, the independence of components is achieved by separating their interfaces from implementations. The interface definition of a component serves as the contr...
The emphasis in object-oriented programs is on defining abstractions that have both state and behavior. This emphasis causes a shift in focus from software units to the way softw...
Abstract. This paper presents a framework that lets a component developer provide a component user with different kinds of information, depending on the specific context and needs....
Alessandro Orso, Mary Jean Harrold, David S. Rosen...
Abstract. Extensible Component Platforms support the discovery, installation, starting, uninstallation of components at runtime. Since they are often targeted at mobile resource-co...
: As more third-party software components are available in the commercial market, more people begin to use the component-based software engineering approach to developing component...