Component-Oriented Development and Assembly: Paradigm, Principles, and Practice Using Java

Although industry has been leveraging the advancements of component-oriented development and assembly (CODA) technology for some time, there has long been a need for a book that provides a complete overview of the multiple technologies that support CODA. Filling this need, Component-Oriented Development and Assembly supplies comprehensive coverage of the principles, practice, and paradigm of component-oriented development and assembly.

The first part of the book provides the conceptual foundation for component-oriented software. Part II focuses on the various standard Java component models and describes how to develop a component-oriented system using these component models. Part III covers the various aspects of the component-oriented development paradigm.

Based on the authors’ research and teaching experience, the text focuses on the principles of component-oriented software development from a technical concepts perspective, designer’s perspective, programmer’s perspective, and manager’s perspective. Covering popular component development frameworks based on Java, it is suitable as a textbook for component-oriented software for undergraduate and postgraduate courses. It is also an ideal reference for anyone looking to adopt the component-oriented development paradigm.

The book provides readers with access to all the source code used in the book on a companion site (http://www.codabook.com). The source code for the CODA implementation of the case study presented in Chapter 11 is also hosted on the website. The website will also serve as a technical forum for further discussions on the topic and for any updates to the book.

Piram Manickam is an ardent technologist. During the past two decades he has worked with many software development teams and built a number of systems using various development platforms. He has a special interest in object-oriented design. He has authored many technical articles. Manickam has been practicing and teaching component-oriented development and assembly (CODA) for the last few years. He is a technical consultant and architect on many software component–based projects at Infosys. Manickam is a graduate of electronics and communication engineering from Regional Engineering College (currently NIT) in Tiruchirapalli, India.

S. Sangeetha has been in a senior technical architect role at Infosys. She has been working on Java, Java EE–related technologies, for more than 14 years. She is involved in the design and development of prototypes and POCs on several enterprise application solutions. She is also involved in grooming architects at Infosys through an Initiative called Connect Architecture. Her responsibilities include designing, developing, and delivering Java EE–related courses to various roles. She has been practicing and teaching component-oriented development and assembly (CODA) for the last few years. Sangeetha has authored many technical articles and coauthored a book titled J2EE Architecture. She has a bachelor’s degree in engineering (electronics communication engineering) from Madras University.

S. V. Subrahmanya (also known as SVS) has more than 25 years of experience in the information technology industry and academics. SVS is currently working at Infosys limited as vice president and is a research fellow at Infosys. He heads the E-Commerce Research Labs. He is also responsible for competency development of employees across the technical spectrum including new upcoming areas of technology at Infosys. SVS has published many papers in reputed journals and international conferences. He has coauthored books titled Discrete Structures, Web Services: An Introduction, J2EE Architecture, and Enterprise IT Architecture.