Software Architectures

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xix

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2. An Introduction and History of Software Architectures, Components, and Reuse

   • Leonor Barroca, Jon Hall, Patrick Hall

   Pages 1-11

3. Components, Scripts and Glue

   • Jean-Guy Schneider, Oscar Nierstrasz

   Pages 13-25

4. Business Component Development

   • Peter Eeles

   Pages 27-59

5. Designing Component Kits and Architectures with Catalysis

   • Alan Cameron Wills

   Pages 61-85

6. Reuse Requires Architecture

   • Bruce Anderson, Paul Dyson

   Pages 87-99

7. Designing Software Architectures Through Evaluation and Transformation

   • Jan Bosch

   Pages 101-119

8. An Architecture for Internet Business Applications with Business Components

   • Hans Albrecht Schmid

   Pages 121-144

9. Lean Product-Line Architectures for Client-Server Systems — Concepts & Experience

   • Wolfgang Pree

   Pages 145-157

10. Issues in Industrial Product-Line Architectures

    • Jan. Bosch

    Pages 159-177

11. Architectural Standards, Processes and Patterns for Enterprise Systems

    • Steve Cook

    Pages 179-190

12. How Not to Reinvent Some Wheels: Lessons from Interactive System Architectures

    • Gilbert Cockton

    Pages 191-212

13. An Industrial Perspective

    • Leonar Barroca, Jon Hall, Patrick Hall

    Pages 213-224

14. Back Matter

    Pages 225-272

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We have recently seen a renewal of interest in the field of software architectures. This has happened within the object-oriented community - with the emergenceofframe­ works and patterns- but also within a wider context of software engineering- with the concepts of components and component-based development. Work is now pro­ ceeding apace with new developments coming very rapidly. In such an environment it is easy to lose some important ideas; the need for a reflective view on what will be the lasting developments led us to organise a two day seminar in the Open University as a checkpoint in current development. To this end we gathered field-leaders from both industry and academia to lead a lively discussion and exchange of ideas. This book is a result ofa very successful event. From the outset we were not only interested in the discussion of the technical aspects of architectures within software engineering but also on the business and or­ ganisational implications of these approaches. Independentlyof how we may answer the question "Is architecture or component technology the new 'silver bullet'?" we must recognise that an approach based on the techniques presented in this book is a long term investment and requires changes in organisation and a careful consideration ofbusiness implications to be successful.

• Attribut
• Internet
• Middleware
• Motivation
• Scala
• design
• development
• modeling
• object oriented design
• organization
• software
• software architecture
• software architectures
• software engineering
• standards

• Department of Computing, The Open University, Milton Keynes, UK

  Leonor Barroca, Jon Hall, Patrick Hall

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