Component Interoperation

A variety of component types can be reused. Yet di erent composition techniques and di erent forms of interoperation of components make reuse di cult or impossible in many situations. We brie y introduce components and component composition. Then we describe forms of interoperation. We propose a classi cation by introducing an interoperation matrix where we consider control and data aspects of interoperation and distinguish among sixteen di erent forms of interoperation.