@techreport{TR-IC-08-04,
  number = {IC-08-04},
  author = {Leonel Aguilar Gayard and
            Cec{\'{\i}}lia Mary Fischer Rubira and
            Paulo Astério de Castro Guerra},
  title = {{COSMOS*: a COmponent System MOdel for Software Architectures}},
  month = {February},
  year = {2008}, 
  institution = {Institute of Computing, University of Campinas},
  note = {In English, 58 pages.
    \par\selectlanguage{english}\textbf{Abstract}

    Software architecture and component-based development are
    complementary approaches to the development of intensive software
    systems. Software architecture describes a system in terms of its
    logical architectural components, while component-based
    development focuses on the reuse of existing software components
    for building new software systems. However, software components
    are usually developed in programming languages that do not include
    component and software architecture abstractions, such as
    interfaces, architectural components and architectural connectors.
    \par
    So there is a gap between the conception of an abstract software
    architecture and its concrete implementation in a programming
    language. The COSMOS* model uses programming language features and
    well-known design patterns to represent software architectures
    explicitly in the program code. The COSMOS* model defines the
    specification and implementation of COSMOS* components, COSMOS*
    connectors, COSMOS* architectural configurations, and COSMOS*
    composite components. Case studies applying the COSMOS* model are
    discussed using the Java programming language.
  }
}