A contract-based approach to describe and deploy non-functional adaptations in software architectures

Journal of the Brazilian Computer Society

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 5-20

  Loques, Orlando ^a   Sztajnberg, Alexandre ^b   Curty, Romulo ^a   Ansaloni, Sidney ^a  

^a FLUMINENSE FEDERAL UNIVERSITY   (Brazil)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

contracts; dynamic configuration adaptation; middleware; non functional requirements; separation of concerns; software architectures

Indexed keywords

CONTRACTS; MEMORY ARCHITECTURE; MIDDLEWARE;

ARCHITECTURAL DESCRIPTIONS; ARCHITECTURAL PATTERN; COMPONENT BASED APPLICATIONS; DYNAMIC CONFIGURATION; NON-FUNCTIONAL REQUIREMENTS; REFLECTIVE MIDDLEWARE; SEPARATION OF CONCERNS; SPECIFIC COMPONENT;

SOFTWARE ARCHITECTURE;

EID: 18144401223     PISSN: 01046500     EISSN: 16784804     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03192350     Document Type: Article

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