This volume provides a survey of the current state of CBD, as reflected by activities that have been taking place recently under the banner of CBD, with a view to giving pointers to future trends. The contributions report case studies — self-contained, fixed-term investigations with a finite set of clearly defined objectives and measurable outcomes — on a sample of the myriad aspects of CBD.

The book includes chapters dealing with COTS (commercial off-the-shelf) components; methodologies for CBD; compositionality, i.e. how to calculate or predict properties of a composite from those of its constituents; component software testing; and grid computing.

Contents:

• A Survey of Proposals for Architecting Component Software (T Ihm)
• Describing Specifications and Architectural Requirements of COTS Components (L Iribarne et al.)
• Definition of COTS Software Component Acquisition Process — The Case of a Telecommunication Company (P Ulkuniemi & V Seppänen)
• The Library Systems Product Line: A Case Study Demonstrating the KobrA Method (J Bayer & D Muthig)
• Component-based System Design and Composition: An Aspect-oriented Approach (P J Clemente et al.)
• Properties of Software Systems Synthesized from Components (D Hamlet et al.)
• Component-based Measurement and Control Software for Embedded Systems (W Maydl et al.)
• Fault-based Testing of CORBA Component Software (S Ghosh & A P Mathur)
• ARIFS Methodology: A Case Study (R P Díaz Redondo et al.)
• REBOUND: A Framework for Automated Component Adaptation (J Penix & P Alexander)
• A Web-enabled Component-based Architecture for Legacy Applications (G Wang et al.)
• Component-based Problem Solving Environments for Computational Science (M Li et al.)