Software Architecture.

Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Table of Contents -- Preface -- Chapter 1 Object-Oriented, Component-Based, Agent- Oriented and Service-Oriented Paradigms in Software Architectures -- 1.1. Introduction -- 1.2. History -- 1.2.1. Object-oriented paradigm -- 1.2.2. Component-based paradigm -- 1.2.3. Agent-oriented paradigm -- 1.2.4. Service-oriented paradigm -- 1.3. Software architecture -- 1.3.1. Object-oriented software architecture -- 1.3.2. Component-based software architecture -- 1.3.3. Agent-oriented software architecture -- 1.3.4. Service-oriented architecture -- 1.4. The two dimensions of the conceptual framework for comparison: quantitative and qualitative -- 1.4.1. Conceptual differences -- 1.4.2. Quantitative dimension -- 1.4.3. Qualitative dimension -- 1.5. Approaches for integrating development paradigms -- 1.6. Summary and discussion -- 1.7. Conclusion -- 1.8. Bibliography -- Chapter 2 Reference Architectures -- 2.1. Introduction -- 2.2. Definition of reference architecture -- 2.2.1. Reference architecture versus reference model -- 2.2.2. Reference architecture versus product line architecture -- 2.3. A model for reference architectures -- 2.4. Reference architecture engineering -- 2.4.1. Information source investigation -- 2.4.2. Architectural requirements establishment -- 2.4.3. Reference architecture design -- 2.4.4. Reference architecture evaluation -- 2.5. Uses of reference architectures -- 2.6. Examples of reference architectures -- 2.7. Future perspectives of reference architectures -- 2.8. Final remarks -- 2.9. Bibliography -- Chapter 3 Multihierarchy/Multiview Software Architectures -- 3.1. Introduction -- 3.2. Existing viewpoint approaches -- 3.2.1. Introduction -- 3.2.2. Views in requirements specifications -- 3.2.3. Views in systems modeling -- 3.2.4. Views within programming -- 3.3. Views in software architecture.

3.3.1. Contributions of the views in software architecture -- 3.3.2. "4+1" view model -- 3.3.3. ISO/IEC/IEEE 42010 -- 3.3.4. The views and beyond approach -- 3.3.5. Summary -- 3.3.6. Limitation of current approaches to software architecture -- 3.4. Definitions and basic concepts of multihierarchy/multiview software architectures -- 3.4.1. Definitions -- 3.4.2. Concepts and basics -- 3.5. MoVAL: architecture based on models, views and levels of abstraction -- 3.5.1. Introduction -- 3.5.2. MoVAL -- 3.5.3. MoVAL metamodel -- 3.5.4. Case study -- 3.6. Conclusion -- 3.7. Bibliography -- Chapter 4 Software Architecture and Tools:Distributed and Coordinated Dynamic Reconfiguration Management -- 4.1. Introduction -- 4.2. Context -- 4.3. Dynamic reconfiguration management mechanisms of distributed applications -- 4.3.1. Centralized dynamic reconfiguration management -- 4.3.2. Limitations of the centralized solution for distributed systems -- 4.3.3. The stakes of distributed reconfiguration management -- 4.3.4. Existing coordination mechanisms -- 4.4. Specialization of reconfiguration infrastructures -- 4.4.1. Specialization of behavior -- 4.4.2. Specialization of the distribution of adaptation mechanisms -- 4.5. Summary of the limitations and challenges of dynamic reconfiguration of distributed systems -- 4.6. An approach for the implementation of reconfiguration management mechanisms -- 4.7. Architectural model for distributed dynamic reconfiguration management -- 4.7.1. Component types for adaptation management -- 4.7.2. Distribution of dynamic reconfiguration management -- 4.7.3. Architectural model of the adaptation manager -- 4.7.4. Specialization of reconfiguration mechanisms -- 4.7.5. Coordination of reconfiguration processes -- 4.8. Conclusion -- 4.9. Bibliography -- Chapter 5 Software Architecture for Product Lines.

5.1. Introduction to software product lines -- 5.1.1. Three development styles -- 5.1.2. Variability management -- 5.1.3. The concept of architecture in product lines -- 5.2. The music store example -- 5.2.1. The field -- 5.2.2. The SongStock product line -- 5.2.3. Functional requirements -- 5.2.4. The other main requirements -- 5.3. Domain engineering -- 5.3.1. Domain analysis -- 5.3.2. Use case with integrated variability -- 5.3.3. The features model -- 5.3.4. Domain design -- 5.3.5. Designing the architecture of the line -- 5.4. Product engineering -- 5.4.1. The configuration of a product -- 5.4.2. Product derivation -- 5.5. The reference architecture design process -- 5.6. Further reading -- 5.6.1. PLA and reference architecture -- 5.6.2. Influential older works -- 5.7. Conclusion -- 5.8. Bibliography -- Chapter 6 Software Architecture: Service Adaptation Techniques in the Context of Web Services Composition -- 6.1. Introduction -- 6.2. Web service composition and verification -- 6.3. Web service incompatibility and adaptation -- 6.4. Adaptation approaches -- 6.5. Conclusion -- 6.6. Bibliography -- List of Authors -- Index.