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US 8,555,246 B2Granted
Method and apparatus for programming software components
AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorVugranam C. Sreedhar
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AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorVugranam C. Sreedhar
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A method and apparatus are disclosed for programming software components that treats software components as the basic unit of abstraction and computation. A software component is encapsulated and classes and other program entities, such as data fields and methods, within a given component do not exist beyond a component boundary. A component interacts with other components only by means of a defined set of input and output ports. A component can inherit and implement ports declared in a template and can declare and implement new ports. A component can only access the external environment through its output ports. An output port of one component can only be connected to a conforming input port of another component. A connect statement is an explicit plumbing operation for connecting components together. Interactions between components are loosely coupled. A related set of templates can be grouped together to form a group.
A method executed by a processor for programming a software component, said method comprising the steps of:
A method executed by a processor for programming a software component, said method comprising the steps of:
A system for programming a software component, said system comprising:
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