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- Subject: TOOLS 96 Reuse Workshop Call for position paper
- Date: 5 Jan 1996 19:13:50 GMT
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- TOOLS 96 Reuse Workshop
- Call for position paper
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- Researchs intending to improve software reuse gave birth to the
- principles of object oriented analysis and design. The Eiffel
- language, which appeared in 1988, was designed by Bertrand Meyer,
- with precise underlying reuse goals. One of the interests of this
- language is its training capability, indeed the reuse principles
- are described before any language topics.
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- For example the openess and the closeness of a class are defined
- in [Meyer88]. A software module is opened if it is still available
- for extensions, closed if it is ready for use in another module.
- A closed class does not evolve in time any more. This closeness
- does not prevent a class to stay opened. As a matter of fact, one
- can still extend a closed class thanks to the inheritance mechanism.
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- Every set of industrial classes can be viewed as closed. Numerous
- industrial object libraries are now available, graphic libraries
- like IlogViews [Ilog], object request brokers like DSOM [IBM],
- object transaction services, etc...
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- The inheritance mechanism allow closed classes to be opened and reused.
- Yet this mechanism is not the universal answer to every reuse problem
- one can be faced with. Real projects using the above object libraries
- extern reuse) and intending to build reusable components (intern reuse)
- can help to identify methods, metrics and technics well suited for reuse
- concerns. Those experiences can prove to be particularly efficient in
- a strong typing language context.
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- Main goals of our workshop are :
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- - to describe the latest reuse methods and technics.
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- - to illustrate reuse problems with examples issued from real projects,
- using strong typing languages like C++ or weak typing languages like
- SmallTalk.
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- - to show the benefits gained in real projects with the practice of
- reuse methods and technics.
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- - to show the consequences of the reuse methods in a firmÆs organisation,
- and in a software team.
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- Anyone interested in contributing to the above topics is invited
- to submit a position paper (2 pages).
- Submissions should be received before: January 31, 1996 and
- sent in e-mail format to 101501.3612@compuserve.com
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- Submissions will be selected after reviewing description of current
- projects or experiences.
- Notification of acceptance will be sent no later than February 9, 1996.
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- The workshop will be take place within the
- TOOLS Europe 96 Conference; February 26-29, 1996, Palais des
- Congres de Paris.
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- ELIOTT
- 4 rue Auguste Barbier 75011 Paris
- Tel : 43 38 90 76, Fax : 43 57 38 50
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