A process-oriented approach to software component definition

摘要

Commercial software component models are frequently based on objject-oriented concepts and terminology with appropriate binding, persistence and distribution support. In this paper, we argue that a process-oriented view on cooperating software components based on the concepts and terminology of a language/action perspective on cooperative work provides a more suitable foundation for the analysis, design and implementation of sftware components in business applications. We first explain the relationship between data-, object-and process-oriented component modeling and then illustrate our process-oriented approach to component definition using three case studies from projects with German software companies.