Quality-driven software architecture composition

  • Authors:
  • Hans de Bruin;Hans van Vliet

  • Affiliations:
  • Department of Computer Science, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, De Boelelaan 1081a, 1081 HV Amsterdam, The Netherlands;Department of Computer Science, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, De Boelelaan 1081a, 1081 HV Amsterdam, The Netherlands

  • Venue:
  • Journal of Systems and Software - Special issue on: Software architecture - Engineering quality attributes
  • Year:
  • 2003

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Abstract

This paper discusses an approach for the top-down composition of software architectures. First, an architecture is derived that addresses functional requirements only. This architecture contains a number of variability points which are next filled in to address quality concerns. The quality requirements and associated architectural solution fragments are captured in a so-called feature-solution (FS) graph. The solution fragments captured in this graph are used to iteratively compose an architecture driven by quality requirements. Our versatile composition technique allows for pre- and post-refinements, refinements that involve multiple variability points, and functionality extensions. In addition, the usage of the FS-graph supports aspect-oriented programming at the architecture level.