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Interface specifications play a vital role in component-based software development. A proper component interface specification acts as a contract between component developers and application developers. It defines which properties of the component are guaranteed by the component developer and can be relied on by the application developer. This allows component development and application development to be decoupled. The application developer can create applications without knowledge of the component implementation and the component developer can create and modify implementations without breaking existing application code. In addition, interface specifications can be used for several other purposes such as component verification (black-box testing) and code generation.
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Jonkers, H. (2004). Interface Specification: A Balancing Act. 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_2
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