ADC Volume -2007

I. Motivation—Components and Markets
* Introduction.
* Market versus technology.
* Standards.

II. Foundation
* What a component is and is not.
* Components, interfaces, and re-entrance.
* Polymorphism.
* Object versus class composition or how to avoid inheritance.
* Aspects of scale and granularity.
* Patterns, frameworks, architectures.
* Programming—shades of gray.
* What others say.

III. Component Models and Platforms
* Object and component “wiring” standards.
* The OMG way: CORBA, CCM, OMA, and MDA.
* The Sun way—Java, JavaBeans, EJB, and Java 2 editions.
* The Microsoft way: COM, OLE/ActiveX, COM , and .NET CLR.
* Some further technologies.
* Strategic comparison.
* Efforts on domain standards.
* Ongoing concerns.

IV. Components Meet Architecture and Process
* Component architecture.
* Component frameworks.
* Component development.
* Component distribution and acquisition.
* Component assembly.
* On the horizon.

V. Markets and Components
* Gamut of markets.
* New professions.
* A component marketing paradox.