SOFA (component system)
SOFA 2[1] is a component system developed by Distributed Systems Research Group at Charles University in Prague. It provides many advanced features: ADL-based design, behavior specification and verification based on behavior protocols, software connectors supporting different communication styles and providing transparent distribution of applications. SOFA 2 can be used not only for modeling component-based applications but also as a complete framework supporting all the stages of an application lifecycle from development to execution.
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| Developer(s) | Distributed Systems Research Group |
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| Stable release | Beta
/ March 2009 |
| Written in | Java |
| Operating system | Linux, Windows |
| Type | Component System |
| License | LGPL |
| Website | http://sofa.ow2.org |
SOFA 2 basis
The SOFA 2 system includes a component model, repository of components, runtime environment and tool support.
Component Model
SOFA 2 component model is defined by means of its meta-model which captures core concepts and states relation among them.
Repository
SOFA 2 provides a repository of a components which is automatically generated from the meta-model.
Tool support
- Cushion - is a text-based tool which allows development of SOFA 2 applications and manipulation with a repository
- SOFA IDE - is a graphical tool (plugin for Eclipse)
- MConsole - is a plugin for Eclipse (as well as a standalone application) monitoring and maintaining SOFA 2 runtime environment
SOFA application lifecycle
- application design
- component development, adaptation
- application assembly
- application deployment
- application execution - monitoring, maintaining
See also
References
- Bures, T., Hnetynka, P., Plasil, F.: SOFA 2.0: Balancing Advanced Features in a Hierarchical Component Model, Proceedings of SERA 2006, Seattle, USA, IEEE CS, ISBN 0-7695-2656-X, pp.40-48, Aug 2006
A complete list of SOFA related papers can be found at the DSRG site.