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Software Architecture and Design Illuminated

by Kai Qian, Xiang Fu, Lixin Tao, Chong-wei Xu

February 2009

Intermediate to advanced

388 pages

9h 1m

English

Jones & Bartlett Learning

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Cover Page
Title Page
Copyright Page
Contents
Preface
Chapter 1 - Introduction to Software Architecture
1.1 - Overview1.2 - Software Architecture: Bridging Requirements and Implementation1.3 - Architecture Styles1.4 - Quality Attributes1.5 - Software Architecture Design Guidelines1.6 - Summary1.7 - Self-Review Questions
Chapter 2 - Software Architecture Design Space
2.1 - Overview2.2 - Types of Software Structures2.2.1 - Software Static Structure2.2.2 - Software Runtime Structure2.2.3 - Software Management Structure2.3 - Software Elements2.4 - Software Connectors2.5 - An Agile Approach to Software Architecture Design2.6 - Summary2.7 - Self-Review Questions2.8 - Exercises2.9 - Design Exercises
Chapter 3 - Models for Software Architecture
3.1 - Overview3.2 - UML for Software Architecture3.2.1 - Structural Diagrams3.2.2 - Behavioral Diagrams3.3 - Architecture View Models3.3.1 - The Scenario View3.3.2 - The Logical or Conceptual View3.3.3 - The Development or Module View3.3.4 - The Process View3.3.5 - The Physical View3.3.6 - The User Interface View3.4 - Architecture Description Languages (ADL)3.5 - Summary3.6 - Self-Review Questions3.7 - Exercises3.8 - Design Exercises3.9 - Challenge Exercises
Chapter 4 - Object-Oriented Paradigm
4.1 - Overview4.2 - Introducing the Object-Oriented Paradigm4.2.1 - Classes and Objects4.2.2 - Relationships4.3 - OO Analysis4.3.1 - Step 1: Design of a UML use Case Diagram4.3.2 - Step 2: Develop an Analysis Class Diagram via Noun Extraction4.4 - Oo Design4.4.1 - Step 1: Identify Classes—CRC Card4.4.2 - Step 2: Construct an Interaction Diagram4.4.3 - Step 3: Build a State Machine Diagram4.4.4 - Step 4: Class Specification4.5 - Design Principles4.5.1 - Principle of Decoupling4.5.2 - Ensuring Cohesion4.5.3 - Open-Closed Principle4.6 - Summary4.7 - Self-Review Questions4.8 - Exercises4.9 - Design Exercises4.10 - Challenge Exercises
Chapter 5 - Data Flow Architectures
5.1 - Overview5.2 - Batch Sequential5.3 - Pipe and Filter Architecture5.4 - Process Control Architecture5.5 - Summary5.6 - Self-Review Questions5.7 - Exercises5.8 - Design Exercises5.9 - Challenge Exercises

Chapter 6 - Data-Centered Software Architecture
6.1 - Overview6.2 - Repository Architecture Style6.3 - Blackboard Architecture Style6.4 - Summary6.5 - Self-Review Questions6.6 - Exercises6.7 - Design Exercises6.8 - Challenge Exercise
Chapter 7 - Hierarchical Architecture
7.1 - Overview7.2 - Main-Subroutine7.3 - Master-Slave7.4 - Layered7.5 - Virtual Machine7.6 - Summary7.7 - Self-Review Questions7.8 - Exercises7.9 - Design Exercises7.10 - Challenge Exercises
Chapter 8 - Implicit Asynchronous Communication Software Architecture
8.1 - Overview8.2 - Nonbuffered Event-Based Implicit Invocations8.3 - Buffered Message-Based Software Architecture8.4 - Summary8.5 - Self-Review Questions8.6 - Exercises8.7 - Design Exercises8.8 - Challenge Exercise
Chapter 9 - Interaction-Oriented Software Architectures
9.1 - Overview9.2 - Model-View-Controller (MVC)9.2.1 - MVC-I9.2.2 - MVC-II9.3 - Presentation-Abstraction-Control (PAC)9.4 - Summary9.5 - Self-Review Questions9.6 - Exercises9.7 - Design Exercises9.8 - Challenge Exercises
Chapter 10 - Distributed Architecture
10.1 - Overview10.2 - Client-Server10.3 - Multi-tiers10.4 - Broker Architecture Style10.4.1 - Broker Implementation in the Common Object Request Broker Architecture (CORBA)10.4.2 - Message Broker Architecture10.5 - Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA)10.5.1 - SOA Implementation in Web Services10.5.2 - SOA Implementation for Grid Service Computing10.6 - Summary10.7 - Self-Review Questions10.8 - Exercises10.9 - Design Exercises10.10 - Challenge Exercise
Chapter 11 - Component-Based Software Architecture
11.1 - Overview11.2 - What is a Component?11.3 - Principles of Component-Based Design11.3.1 - Connections of Components11.3.2 - Component-Level Design Guidelines11.4 - Summary11.5 - Self-Review Questions11.6 - Exercises11.7 - Design Exercises11.8 - Challenge Exercises
Chapter 12 - Heterogeneous Architecture
12.1 - Overview12.2 - Methodology of Architecture Decision12.3 - Quality Attributes12.4 - Selection of Architecture Styles12.5 - Evaluation of Architecture Designs12.6 - Case Study: Online Computer Vendor12.6.1 - Overall Architecture Design of OCVS12.6.2 - Architecture Design of Order Processing Component12.6.3 - Architecture Design of Inventory Management12.6.4 - Architecture Design of Manufacture and Shipping Component12.7 - Summary12.8 - Self-Review Questions12.9 - Exercises12.10 - Design Exercises12.11 - Challenge Exercises
Chapter 13 - Architecture of User Interfaces
13.1 - Overview13.2 - Evolution of User Interfaces13.3 - Look and Feel (Syntax) of User Interfaces13.3.1 - Static Style of User Interfaces13.3.2 - Dynamic Style of User Interfaces13.3.3 - Customizable Style of User Interfaces13.3.4 - No User Interfaces13.4 - Usability (Semantics) of User Interfaces13.5 - Design Considerations of User Interfaces13.6 - Enabling Technology13.6.1 - Containers13.6.2 - Layout Managers13.6.3 - Major UI Components13.6.4 - Event Listeners13.6.5 - A Case Study13.7 - Direct Manipulation13.8 - Evaluation of User Interfaces13.9 - Summary13.10 - Self-Review Questions13.11 - Exercises13.12 - Challenge Exercises
Chapter 14 - Product Line Architectures
14.1 - Overview14.2 - Introduction and Motivation14.2.1 - Software Reuse and Product Lines14.2.2 - Methodologies, Processes, and Tools14.3 - Product Line Engineering: Design-for-Reuse14.4 - Product Development: Design-with-Reuse14.4.1 - Product Line Analysis: Domain Models14.4.2 - Product Line Design: Design-for-Commonality and Control-of-Variability14.4.3 - Product Line Implementation: Configuration Model and Componentbase14.4.4 - Heuristics14.4.5 - Software Technology for Systematic Reuse14.5 - Sample Product Line Analysis14.5.1 - Why: Mission and Strategic Goals14.5.2 - What: Product Families14.5.3 - How: Asset Base14.6 - Ultra-Large-Scale Systems14.7 - Summary14.8 - Self-Review Questions14.9 - Exercises14.10 - Design Exercises
Index

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Interaction-Oriented Software Architectures

Objectives of this Chapter

• Introduce the concepts of interaction-oriented software architectures

• Describe the MVC and PAC architecture styles

• Discuss the application domains of interaction-oriented software architectures

• Assess the benefits and limitations of the interaction-oriented software architecture style

• Discuss other related architectures

9.1 Overview

More and more software applications involve user input/output interactions and specific user interfaces to software systems. In this chapter we focus on the software architecture that best supports user interaction in the ...

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