The goal of the software base is to provide to CAPS a component implementation that is an exact match for a query specification and meets the needs of the CAPS execution support system. To accomplish this, once a reusable software component has been located it must be transformed into a form that matches all of these requirements. This transformation involves changing parameter, type, and operator names of the library component to match those of the query specification as well as instantiating any generics.
The CAPS software base cannot directly generate implementation code because it is not language specific. It can generate an abstract representation of how the library component satisfies the syntax and semantics of a query component. This representation can then be used by a translation tool specific to a particular implementation language to generate the implementation code. This method of component integration is preferable since components coded in additional implementation languages can be added to the software base as long as a translation tool to generate the final implementation for each implementation language is provided.