2015/02/12 by Ludovic Henrio, Oleksandra Kulankhina, Dongqian Liu +1
Computer Science · #cs.DC #cs.SE
paper · pdf · doi:10.4204/eptcs.175.5
published as EPTCS 175, 2015, pp. 69-85 · In Proceedings FOCLASA 2014, arXiv:1502.03157
arxiv created 2015/02/12 · arxiv updated 2015/02/13
This article provides formal definitions characterizing well-formed composition of components in order to guarantee their safe deployment and execution. Our work focuses on the structural aspects of component composition; it puts together most of the concepts common to many component models, but never formalized as a whole. Our formalization characterizes correct component architectures made of functional and non-functional aspects, both structured as component assemblies. Interceptor chains can be used for a safe and controlled interaction between the two aspects. Our well-formed components guarantee a set of properties ensuring that the deployed component system has a correct architecture and can run safely. Finally, those definitions constitute the formal basis for our Eclipse-based environment for the development and specification of component-based applications.