SOFA (component system)

SOFA component system

Developer(s)	Distributed Systems Research Group
Stable release	Beta / March 2009
Written in	Java
Operating system	Linux, Windows
Type	Component System
License	LGPL
Website	http://sofa.ow2.org

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.

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.

Runtime environment

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

• Component-based software engineering

References

A complete list of SOFA related papers can be found at the DSRG site.

External links

• SOFA 2 home page
• Distributed Systems Research Group
• SOFA 2 at Objectweb
• SOFA IDE update site

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