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A uniform mathematical concept of a component

Appendix to M. Broy et al.: “What characterizes a (software) component?”

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A component is a physical encapsulation of related services according to a published specification. These services can only be accessed through a consistent and published interface that includes an interaction standard. Accordingly, a component has a black box view captured by the published specification, and a glass box view showing implementation details. We claim that the following semantic model is general enough to represent all black box views of components we have discussed so far.

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Correspondence to Manfred Broy.

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Software. Concepts & Tools 19(1): 49.56, 1998

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Broy, M. A uniform mathematical concept of a component. Software - Concepts & Tools 19, 57–59 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1007/s003780050008

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Key words

  • Component
  • Componentware
  • Black box specification