16.3 Component composition
Component composition is the process of integrating components with each other, and with specially written “glue code” to create a system or another component. You can compose components in several different ways, as shown in Figure 16.10. From left to right these diagrams illustrate sequential composition, hierarchical composition, and additive composition. In the discussion below, I assume that you are composing two components (A and B) to create a new component:
Figure 16.10
Types of component composition
Sequential composition In a sequential composition, you create a new ...
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