Abstract

Abstract Increasingly, complex software systems are being constructed as compositions of reusable software components. One critical issue for such constructions is the design and implementation of the interaction mechanisms, or connectors, that permit the various software components to work together properly. Complex systems also often have extra-functional requirements which these connectors must satisfy. It is not always possible to find an existing connector that satisfies the requirements of the system, and at present it is time-consuming and difficult to create new kinds of connectors. A principled, compositional means of systematically constructing connectors is needed.

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