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Exception handling in the development of dependable component‐based systems
Author(s) -
Rubira C. M. F.,
de Lemos R.,
Ferreira G. R. M.,
Castor Filho F.
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
software: practice and experience
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.437
H-Index - 70
eISSN - 1097-024X
pISSN - 0038-0644
DOI - 10.1002/spe.632
Subject(s) - component (thermodynamics) , structuring , computer science , premise , process (computing) , software , component based software engineering , software development , software system , software engineering , reliability engineering , systems engineering , engineering , programming language , linguistics , philosophy , physics , finance , economics , thermodynamics
Exception handling is a structuring technique that facilitates the design of software systems by encapsulating the process of error recovery. In this paper, we present a systematic approach for incorporating exceptional behaviour in the development of component‐based software. The premise of our approach is that components alone do not provide the appropriate means to deal with exceptional behaviour in an effective manner, hence the need to consider the notion of collaborations for capturing the interactive behaviour between components when error recovery involves more than one component. The feasibility of the approach is demonstrated in terms of the mining control system case study. Copyright © 2004 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.