An adaptation approach for component-based software architecture

Makhlouf Derdour (1) , Philippe Roose (1) , Marc Dalmau (1) , Nacira Ghoualmi-Zine (2) , Adel Alti (3)

1 LIUPPA - Laboratoire Informatique de l'Université de Pau et des Pays de l'Adour
2 LRI-ANNABA - Laboratoire de Recherche en Informatique
3 Electronic Department, Faculty of Sciences

In this paper we propose a meta-model for architectures with heterogeneous multimedia components. Currently, a generic solution does not exist to automatically deploy a distributed architecture based on multimedia components. The description of the incompatibilities between components is a need in such approaches. Indeed, software architectures validate the functional aspects, which are not sufficient to guarantee a realistic assembly. For instance, the problem of heterogeneity related to the exchanged data flows. In order to highlight these incompatibilities and to find solutions, a model-based approach called MMSA (Meta-model Multimedia Software Architecture) is proposed. It enables the description of the software architectures expressing a software system as a collection of components which handle various types and formats of data, and interacts between them via connectors including the adaptation connectors.

Mots clés: software architecture; component; adaptation; concerns; multimedia; software architecture.

Domaines: Autre [cs.OH]

Makhlouf Derdour, Philippe Roose, Marc Dalmau, Nacira Ghoualmi-Zine, Adel Alti. An adaptation approach for component-based software architecture. COMPSAC, Jul 2010, North Korea. pp.179-187, ⟨10.1109/COMPSAC.2010.24⟩. ⟨hal-00516946⟩