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Interfaces rather than components carry component-based software architectures. This follows directly from the design of component interfaces and contractual obligations before the implementation of components. We suggest separating component interfaces and component services such as protocol checking, synchronization, parallelization and caching into dedicated components which we call connectors. Connectors channel the communication so that components do not communicate directly with each other. Thus connectors foster the standardization of identifiable component contracts, accelerate the development of complementing or competing components, and improve the test ability, portability and maintainability of component-based programs.
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Fröhlich, J.H., Schwarzinger, M. (2006). Improve Component-Based Programs with Connectors. In: Lightfoot, D.E., Szyperski, C. (eds) Modular Programming Languages. JMLC 2006. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 4228. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/11860990_19
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