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Exploiting Reuse Techniques in the SERUM Approach

Norbert Ritter, Hans-Peter Steiert

University of Kaiserslautern
P.O. Box 3049, 67653 Kaiserslautern, Germany
e-mail: {ritter|steiert}@informatik.uni-kl.de

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Abstract:

Nowadays the complexity of design processes, no matter which design domain (CAD, software engineering, etc.) they belong to, requires system support by means of so-called repositories. Repositories help managing design artifacts by offering adequate storage and manipulation services. To enable the support of the wide variety of application needs, we proposea generative approach for providing repository manager functionality. For the process of customization of a preliminary specification of repository manager services and generating corresponding implementations, application of reuse techniques is crucial. This paper details our approach of generating repository manager functionality by emphasizing the reuse techniques applied and the objects actually reused.

Keywords:

Repositories, Reuse, Generic Methods, Design Patterns, Frameworks, Software Engineerin.

Internal Report, Databases and Information Systems Group, University of Kaiserslautern, 1999.