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Mediating Connector Patterns for Components Interoperability

  • Romina Spalazzese
  • Paola Inverardi
Conference paper
Part of the Lecture Notes in Computer Science book series (LNCS, volume 6285)

Abstract

A key objective for ubiquitous environments is to enable system interoperability between system’s components that are highly heterogeneous. In particular, the challenge is to embed in the system architecture the necessary support to cope with behavioral diversity in order to allow components to coordinate and communicate. In this paper we present the design building blocks for the dynamic and on-the-fly interoperability between heterogeneous components. Specifically, we describe an Architectural Pattern called Mediating Connector, that is the key enabler for communication. In addition, we present a set of Basic Mediator Patterns, that describe the basic mismatches which can occur when components try to interact, and their corresponding solutions.

Keywords

Heterogeneous Components Interoperability Mediating Connector Architectural Pattern Basic Mediator Patterns 
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Authors and Affiliations

  • Romina Spalazzese
    • 1
  • Paola Inverardi
    • 1
  1. 1.Università degli Studi dell’AquilaL’AquilaItaly

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