Designing Code Level Reusable Software ComponentsDesigning Code Level Reusable Software Components

Reusable Software Components

AbstructAn empirical study of methods for representing reusable software components is described. Thirty-five subjects searched for reusable components in a database of UNIX tools using four different representation methods: attribute-value, enumerated, faceted, and keyword. The study used Proteus, a reuse library system that supports multiple representation methods. Searching effectiveness was...

Formalizing Reusable Software Components

There has been a long-standing desire in computer science for a way of collecting and using libraries of standard software components. Unfortunately, there has been only limited success in actually doing this. We believe that the lack of success stems not from any resistance to the idea, nor from any lack of trying, but rather from the difficulty of choosing an appropriate formalism for represe...

Reusable Software Components

Strategies for Designing and Building Reusable Software Components

This paper presents time proven methods and strategies for creating, managing, and accessing a library of reusable software components and also software engineering strategies for designing and building reusable components with proper planning and execution, these methodologies will bring significant cost saving. In addition, cost-benefit guidelines are developed to help an organization decide ...

Programming Languages for Reusable Software Components Programming Languages for Reusable Software Components

Programming languages ooer a variety of constructs to support code reuse. For example , functional languages provide function constructs for encapsulating expressions to be used in multiple contexts. Similarly, object-oriented languages provide class (or class-like) constructs for encapsulating sets of deenitions that are easily adapted for new programs. Despite the variety and abundance of suc...