Mixin Up components

Abstract

Recently we proposed a language called ACOEL (A Component-Oriented Extension Language) for abstracting and composing software components. Components in ACOEL are black-box components, and each component consists of (1) an internal implementation containing classes, methods, and fields that is hidden to the external world, and (2) an external contract consisting of a set of typed input and output ports. Components in ACOEL interact with each other only via these ports. In this paper we extend ACOEL in two directions: (1) use mixins to customize the services provided by a component without exposing its internal implementation, (2) add support for virtual types and sub-type relation among components. We will show how mixins and virtual types together allows us to build adaptable applications based on black-box component principles.

BibTeX

@inproceedings{Sreedhar:ICSE02,
  author    = {Vugranam C. Sreedhar},
  title     = {Mixin Up components},
  booktitle = {ICSE},
  pages     = {198--207},
  publisher = {{ACM}},
  year      = {2002},
}

Mixin Up components

Abstract

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