Architecture specification support for component integration

The paper describes an approach to automating the construction of software systems from components. We illustrate how integration-related concerns such as component interfacing, interconnection, distribution and configuration can be modeled with a specification language. We also show how a graphics-based design environment can be used to support visual specification and transformation of integration specifications into implementations. This approach raises the level of architecture specifications to assist the currently labor-intensive and error-prone process of system integration.<
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