Integration of Component-Based Development-Deployment Support for J2EE Middleware

From the widely use of component middleware, developers can reuse existing components not only developed by in-house development but also provided by other organizations. Some components developed in an organization can be deployed in other organizations via the Internet. Developers need to handle the dependency information between such components in both of development and deployment phases. We propose a system called J2DEP to generate and manage such information in the development phase, and to automate the deployment of components. J2DEP copes with configuration management systems to manage components and the information. It manages the dependency information between in-house components and third vendor components, and provides a consistent set of components in the release and deployment phases.