An infrastructure for the rapid development of XML-based architecture description languages

Dashofy, Eric M.; Hoek, André van der; Taylor, Richard N.

doi:10.1145/581372.581374

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“…Our desire is to be able to specify and test architectures in a generic ADL (assuming that a behavioral model can still be produced). In particular, we would like to take a generic architecture described using the XADL ADL [11], providing a behavioral description in the form of state-based machine model, to im-plement this architecture using a component-based technology through a middleware (Java/RMI, COM+ of CORBA) and test the system implementation.…”

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Systematic Testing of Software Architectures in the C2 Style

Muccini

Dias

Richardson

2004

Fundamental Approaches to Software Engineering

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Abstract. The topic of software architecture (SA) based testing has recently raised some interest. Recent work on the topic has used the SA as a reference model for code conformance testing, to check if an implementation fulfills (conforms to) its specification at the SA level. In this context, on previous papers, we have analyzed: i) how suitable test cases can be "selected" from the SA specification and ii) how they may be "refined" into concrete tests executable at the code level. While the selection stage has been done systematically, the refinement step has been left to be done manually, based on the software engineer knowledge on how to map "abstract values of the specification to the concrete values of the implementation". In this paper, we extend previous approaches, by providing a systematic way to perform the refinement step. We show how choosing a specific architectural style, which supports implementation and facilitates the mapping among SA-based and code-based test cases, a completely systematic SA-based testing approach can be delivered.

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Systematic Testing of Software Architectures in the C2 Style

Muccini

Dias

Richardson

2004

Fundamental Approaches to Software Engineering

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“…This motivates the need to differ this task at runtime. We propose to add a deployment aspect to an existing architecture description language (such as [2,3]). This will allow the description of the resource properties that must be satisfied by a machine for hosting a specific component.…”

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Propagative Deployment of Hierarchical Components in a Dynamic Network

Hoareau¹,

Mahéo²

2005

Lecture Notes in Computer Science

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Abstract. This paper addresses the distribution and the deployment of hierarchical components on heterogeneous dynamic networks. Such networks may include fixed and mobile resource-constrained devices and are characterized by the volatility of their hosts and connections, which may lead to their fragmentation. We propose a propagative, hierarchically-controlled deployment process for such networks and an ADL extension allowing the specification of this context-aware deployment.

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“…Throughout this process, the designer is supported by a set of analysis tools integrated in the Arch-Studio environment (Dashofy et al 2002). We utilize optimization techniques for evaluating large design spaces, and we provide heuristics as a selection criterion that evaluates the availability of the (decomposed) system.…”

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Optimizing decomposition of software architecture for local recovery

2011

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The increasing size and complexity of software systems has led to an amplified number of potential failures and as such makes it harder to ensure software reliability. Since it is usually hard to prevent all the failures, fault tolerance techniques have become more important. An essential element of fault tolerance is the recovery from failures. Local recovery is an effective approach whereby only the erroneous parts of the system are recovered while the other parts remain available. For achieving local recovery, the architecture needs to be decomposed into separate units that can be recovered in isolation. Usually, there are many different alternative ways to decompose the system into recoverable units. It appears that each of these decomposition alternatives performs differently with respect to availability and performance metrics. We propose a systematic approach dedicated to optimizing the decomposition of software architecture for local recovery. The approach provides systematic guidelines to depict the design space of the possible decomposition alternatives, to reduce the design space with respect to domain and stakeholder constraints and to balance the feasible alternatives with respect to availability and performance. The approach is supported by an integrated set of tools and illustrated for the open-source MPlayer software.

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An infrastructure for the rapid development of XML-based architecture description languages

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Systematic Testing of Software Architectures in the C2 Style

Systematic Testing of Software Architectures in the C2 Style

Propagative Deployment of Hierarchical Components in a Dynamic Network

Optimizing decomposition of software architecture for local recovery

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