Uml Profile for Framework Architectures

  Fontoura   The UML Profile for Object Frameworks       A continuing priority of the software industry is re-use - the maximisation of results from development effort by reducing the time and money spent on creating applications from scratch. Frameworks have provided one of the most promising current technologies supporting large-scale re-use, with vast numbers of frameworks developed in the industry for various areas, including graphical frontends, business applications, e-commerce and network servers. Although frameworks have been developed for many different domains, they apply common construction principles. However, the techniques for describing frameworks, particularly the points where application developers need to adapt the framework, have not been fully elaborated.   The UML Profile for Object Frameworks provides a UML profile for frameworks in form of UML-compliant extensions that allow the annotation of framework and architectural artifacts. Technical and methodical considerations complement the profile.   If you are a software developer, project manager, researcher or student interested in design patterns, framework technology or UML, this book is essential reading and will enable you to: Understand how UML can be harnessed to support framework development more effectively Learn a practical approach for framework development and adaptation Benefit from several examples and case studies of real-world frameworks       Features: A pragmatic, tried and tested approach to framework development How UML may be adapted to the specific needs of framework development Real-world case study illustrating principles throughout the book, based on an e-commerce framework Accompanying website containing Java code for all the examples and case studies described in the book. Also provides complementary papers and presentation slides of tutorials given in OO conferences.     About the authors:   Dr. Marcus Fontoura worked as a leader of several framework projects in the last four years. His interests include software engineering tools and environments, object-oriented design, and Web-based software development. He conducts his work at Department of Computer Science, Princeton University, U.S.A   Dr. Wolfgang Pree is a professor of computer science at the University of Constance, Germany, and head of the Software Research Lab. He has worked for many years in various areas of software engineering, in particular focusing on object-oriented software development, frameworks, software architectures, and human-computer interaction.   Dr. Bernhard Rumpe currently conducts research at the Munich University of Technology, Germany. In various publications he contributed to the UML standardization, including discussions of integrated semantics for several UML notations and methodical approaches to use UML more effectively. His interests include management and methodology in e-commerce projects.    Fontoura, Marcus is the author of 'Uml Profile for Framework Architectures', published 2001 under ISBN 9780201675184 and ISBN 0201675188.