Software architecture analysis tool : software architecture metrics collection

The Software Engineering discipline lacks the ability to evaluate software architectures. Here we describe a tool for software architecture analysis that is based on metrics. Metrics can be used to detect possible problems and bottlenecks in software architectures. Even though metrics do not give a complete evaluation of software architectures it is a useful analysis method. The Software Architecture Analysis tool can be applied to XMI output generated by a UML modelling tool. We have done this using Rational Rose

Twenty years of coordination technologies: State-of-the-art and perspectives

Since complexity of inter- and intra-systems interactions is steadily increasing in modern application scenarios (e.g., the IoT), coordination technologies are required to take a crucial step towards maturity. In this paper we look back at the history of the COORDINATION conference in order to shed light on the current status of the coordination technologies there proposed throughout the years, in an attempt to understand success stories, limitations, and possibly reveal the gap between actual technologies, theoretical models, and novel application needs

Scripting Coordination Styles

The fact that so many different kinds of coordination models and languages have been proposed suggests that no one single approach will be the best for all coordination problems. Different coordination styles exhibiting different properties may be more suitable for some problems than others. Like other architectural styles, coordination styles can be expressed in terms of components, connectors and composition rules. We propose an approach in which coordination styles are expressed as component algebras: components of various sorts can be combined using operators that realize their coordination, yielding other sorts of components.We show how several coordination styles can be defined and applied using Piccola, a small language for composing software components. We furthermore show how glue abstractions can be used to bridge coordination styles when more than one style is needed for a single application

Scripting Coordination Styles 1

Abstract. The fact that so many different kinds of coordination models and languages have been proposed suggests that no one single approach will be the best for all coordination problems. Different coordination styles exhibiting different properties may be more suitable for some problems than others. Like other architectural styles, coordination styles can be expressed in terms of components, connectors and composition rules. We propose an approach in which coordination styles are expressed as “component algebras”: components of various sorts can be combined using operators that realize their coordination, yielding other sorts of components. We show how several coordination styles can be defined and applied using Piccola, a small language for composing software components. We furthermore show how glue abstractions can be used to bridge coordination styles when more than one style is needed for a single application.