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Scripting Coordination Styles

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Coordination Languages and Models (COORDINATION 2000)

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The fact that so many different kinds of coordination models and languages have been proposed suggests that no one single approach will be the best for all coordination problems. Different coordination styles exhibiting different properties may be more suitable for some problems than others. Like other architectural styles, coordination styles can be expressed in terms of components, connectors and composition rules. We propose an approach in which coordination styles are expressed as “component algebras”: components of various sorts can be combined using operators that realize their coordination, yielding other sorts of components. We show how several coordination styles can be defined and applied using Piccola, a small language for composing software components. We furthermore show how glue abstractions can be used to bridge coordination styles when more than one style is needed for a single application.

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  1. Franz Achermann, Stefan Kneubuehl & Oscar Nierstrasz

    Present address: Institut für Informatik (IAM), Universität Bern, Neubrückstrasse 10, CH-3012, Berne, Switzerland

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  1. Software Composition Group, University of Bern, Neubrückstrasse 10, CH-3012, Berne, Switzerland

    Franz Achermann, Stefan Kneubuehl & Oscar Nierstrasz

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  1. Departamento de Informática, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Monte de Caparica, 2825-114, Caparica, Portugal

    António Porto

  2. Department of Computer Science, Washington University in St. Louis, Box 1045, One Brookings Drive, St. Louis, MO, 63130, USA

    Gruia-Catalin Roman

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Achermann, F., Kneubuehl, S., Nierstrasz, O. (2000). Scripting Coordination Styles. In: Porto, A., Roman, GC. (eds) Coordination Languages and Models. COORDINATION 2000. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 1906. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-45263-X_2

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