UML PROFILE FOR SAVECCM - Research

Table of contents
1. Introduction .................................................................................................. 1
1.1 Overview ................................................................................................ 1
1.2 The goals of this thesis .......................................................................... 2
1.3 Outline of the text ................................................................................... 2
2. Component – Based Software Engineering ................................................. 3
2.1 An itroduction to CBSE discipline ........................................................... 3
2.2 Basic concepts in CBSE ........................................................................ 6
2.2.1 Component ...................................................................................... 6
2.2.1.1 Component validation and quality ............................................. 8
2.2.2 Component Interface ....................................................................... 8
2.2.2.1 Interface specification................................................................ 9
2.2.2.2 Contracts ................................................................................... 9
3. Component models.................................................................................... 12
3.1 On component models ......................................................................... 12
3.2 Important aspects of a component model ............................................ 12
3.3 Industrial Component Models .............................................................. 13
3.3.1 COM, DCOM, COM+ ..................................................................... 13
3.3.2 .NET Framework ........................................................................... 14
3.3.3 Enterprise JavaBeans ................................................................... 15
3.4 Research Component Models .............................................................. 16
4. Unified Modeling Language ....................................................................... 17
4.1 About Unified Modelling Language ...................................................... 17
4.2 The UML Metamodel ........................................................................... 17
4.3 The UML Infrastructure Architecture .................................................... 19
4.4 The UML Superstructure Architecture .................................................. 21
4.5 The UML Component model ................................................................ 21
4.5.1 Composite structures..................................................................... 22
4.5.1.1 InternalStructures package ..................................................... 22
4.5.1.2 Ports package ......................................................................... 23
4.5.1.3 Collaborations package ........................................................... 23
4.5.1.4 StructuredClasses package .................................................... 23
4.5.1.5 Actions package ...................................................................... 24
4.5.2 Components package.................................................................... 24
4.5.2.1 Component .............................................................................. 26
4.5.2.2 Connector ................................................................................ 29
4.6 UML Extensibility Mechanisms ............................................................ 30
4.6.1 First – class extension mechanism ................................................ 30
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