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International Symposium on Component-Based Software Engineering

CBSE 2004: Component-Based Software Engineering pp 68–83Cite as

Classifying Software Component Interoperability Errors to Support Component Adaption

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This paper discusses various classifications of component interoperability errors. These classifications aim at supporting the automation of component adaptation. The use of software components will only demonstrate beneficial, if the costs for component deployment (i.e., acquisition and composition) are considerably lower than those for custom component development. One of the main reasons for the moderate progress in component-based software engineering are the high costs for component deployment. These costs are mainly caused by adapting components to bridge interoperability errors between unfitting components. One way to lower the costs of component deployment is to support component adaptation by tools, i.e., for interoperability checks of (semi-)automated adaptor generation. This automation of component adaptation requires a deep understanding of component interoperability errors. In particular, one has to differentiate between different classes of interoperability errors, as different errors require different adaptors for resolving. Therefore, the presented classification of component interoperability errors supports the automation of component adaptation by aiding automated interoperability problem detection and semi-automated adaptor generation. The experience gained from already implemented solutions for a specific class of interoperability errors provides hints for the solution of similar problems of the same class.

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    Steffen Becker & Ralf H. Reussner

  2. Dept. of Software Engineering and Business Information Systems, Augsburg University, Universitätsstraße 16, 86135, Augsburg, Germany

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  1. School of Innovation, Design and Engineering, Mälardalen University, Västerås, Sweden

    Ivica Crnkovic

  2. Computer Science, Tufts University, Boston, 161 College Avenue, 02155, Medford, MA, USA

    Judith A. Stafford

  3. Centre for Distributed Systems and Software Engineering, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia

    Heinz W. Schmidt

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Becker, S., Overhage, S., Reussner, R.H. (2004). Classifying Software Component Interoperability Errors to Support Component Adaption. In: Crnkovic, I., Stafford, J.A., Schmidt, H.W., Wallnau, K. (eds) Component-Based Software Engineering. CBSE 2004. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 3054. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-24774-6_8

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