Encapsulating windows-based software applications into reusable components with design patterns

Zeng Wei Hong; Jim Min Lin; Hewijin C. Jiau; Guo Ming Fang; Che Wun Chiou

doi:10.1016/j.infsof.2005.06.005

Encapsulating windows-based software applications into reusable components with design patterns

Zeng Wei Hong, Jim Min Lin, Hewijin C. Jiau, Guo Ming Fang, Che Wun Chiou

Department of Electrical Engineering

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Abstract

Reusing software by integrating Commercial Off-The-Shelf (COTS) applications into a software system is maturing in practice. Our previous work [1] presented a component wrapping approach to convert Windows-based COTS applications into CORBA objects. A formal and generalized representation of the conversion process for a Windows-based COTS application into a reusable software component would be useful and desirable for applying such software reuse to COTS-based system development. This study addresses a pattern-based representation of our experience. The patterns in this study offer clear documentation and sufficient information for a software developer to develop a COTS-based software system rapidly. An example system, Graphic Mechanical Part Management System (GMPMS) assembling two COTS applications under MS-DOS and MS-Windows 2000/XP, respectively, is also developed in this study to reveal how the patterns are utilized.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	619-629
Number of pages	11
Journal	Information and Software Technology
Volume	48
Issue number	7
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.infsof.2005.06.005
Publication status	Published - 2006 Jul 1

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

Software
Information Systems
Computer Science Applications

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