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Posted by ninaj at 2007-01-27 14:08

Hello
Can you explain what is “functionality” in quality attributes. When we can say this quality attribute is important for the system. ...

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Posted by amehrabyan at 2007-02-24 10:01
In the article, “Reasoning About Software Quality Attributes” at http://www.sei.cmu.edu/architecture/reasoning_about.html author identified five impor ...
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Posted by karthik_kotee at 2007-02-11 04:45

Does s/w arch depend on the programming language in which the s/w is to be built?

If we are using component based development, will the arch get af ...

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Posted by amehrabyan at 2007-02-24 08:59
Ideally, s/w architecture does not depend on the programming language, but practically programming language + technologies are building blocks for s/w ...
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Hot topic without new replies   How would to build a simple messenger?

Posted by havoyan at 2004-11-16 12:26

Each client can contain one MessageBox and one Entry box to enter and show messages. One of the clients can contain a SocketServer and another SocketC ...

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Hot topic without new replies   UML links versus ADL connnectors

Posted by havoyan at 2004-12-13 16:53

What is the difference? ...

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Hot topic without new replies   Possible problems with Data centered architectures

Posted by havoyan at 2004-11-16 12:30

Requires transaction and synchronization support. Possibility to loose of integrity.
 
Data centered arichitecture is a single point fail ...

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Posted by havoyan at 2004-12-08 08:29
can not agree more. Each style has its advantages and disadvantages. Usually the choice is not OR but AND - some modules could be based on one style a ...
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Hot topic without new replies   Buildap vs Pipe-and-Filter

Posted by havoyan at 2004-11-30 12:48

Pipe and FilterBuildap


Data streamingMessage based


Filter consumes and delivers data incrementallyPart consumes and delivers discrete events ...

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Hot topic without new replies   One Layer versus Multiple ones

Posted by havoyan at 2004-11-16 12:28

Lets assume we have a device, which contains device1 and device2, and each of them contains part1 and part2, so lets say we have connections likedevic ...

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Hot topic without new replies   How buildap web crawler application will look like?

Posted by havoyan at 2004-11-16 12:22

Buildap goal is to build applications visually without programming. As such any application should be build from reusable generic parts. If we use par ...

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Hot topic without new replies   Usability and usefulness of part

Posted by havoyan at 2004-11-11 21:21

Why most usefull parts are usually less reusable? ...

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Posted by havoyan at 2004-11-16 12:19
The key words are generic and domain/application specific. Low level components are more common, perform generic and well defined functions, while hig ...
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Hot topic without new replies   Sequence of events

Posted by havoyan at 2004-11-06 19:38

When an outpin of part1 is connected to part2 and part3, the sequence in which part2 and part3 will get events is not granted. Why is that? ...

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Posted by amehrabyan at 2004-11-15 12:06
The part's behavior in Buildap configuration depends on part's specifics (how it designed to behave)
That is;

1. ArrayPart designed so that it ...
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Hot topic without new replies   Sequence of Events v2

Posted by edwardotis at 2004-11-09 10:11

When an outpin of part1 is connected to part3's INPIN1 and part2's outpin is connected to part3's INPIN2, the sequence in which INPIN1 and INPIN2 will ...

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Posted by amehrabyan at 2004-11-15 11:40
you rigth sequence of events not guaranteed, so it is responsibility of the part (in you'r example part3) which should check that all events are prese ...
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Hot topic without new replies   Pipe-and-filter scalability

Posted by havoyan at 2004-11-07 14:16

Why you think pipe-and-filter style architectures could be more scalable? ...

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Posted by luzgin at 2004-11-09 07:48
Pipe-and-filter architector can be scaled by creating several instances of a processing filter and distributing data among them. (Parallel processing) ...
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Hot topic without new replies thumb up Shared address space

Posted by havoyan at 2004-11-02 17:20

Why we should avoid shared address space between components? ...

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Posted by havoyan at 2004-11-09 07:46
both correct ...
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Hot topic without new replies   Part and device

Posted by havoyan at 2004-11-08 05:54

Part is device. Device is part. Are these correct statements? Explain. ...

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Posted by havoyan at 2004-11-09 07:11
Device is a part, but not every part is a device. We define part as a component and device is a component as well. We say that we have 2 kind of parts ...
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Hot topic without new replies   Date and time notification tasks

Posted by havoyan at 2004-11-03 13:57

Assume we have 2 parts: Date part which fires event at specified date 0:0 am, and Time part which fires event at specified time. How we can ...

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Posted by havoyan at 2004-11-09 07:07
THe diagram is correct. THere is another solution esp. if these parts say dont have start inpin. We can fire the SetTime and SetDate and then have a s ...
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Hot topic without new replies   Database vs. Blackboard

Posted by havoyan at 2004-11-09 04:20

Explain difference between Blackboard and Database. ...

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Posted by havoyan at 2004-11-09 06:58
mostly correct. Architectural styles differentiate Blackboards (active, pushing) vs. Repositories (passive, client polling) and Database can be both. ...
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Hot topic without new replies   Config file

Posted by havoyan at 2004-11-08 06:47

Is buildap config language decalrative or procedural? Explain difference. ...

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Posted by havoyan at 2004-11-09 06:54
first comment is correct. Being encoded in XML doesnt mean it is a declarative language. For example Java code also could be encoded into XML - but th ...
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Hot topic without new replies   Buildap connectors

Posted by havoyan at 2004-11-06 20:34

How would you categorize buildap connectors using connectors taxonomy. ...

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Posted by havoyan at 2004-11-09 06:49
not correct. we have the following categories:

Coordination
Facilitation
Communication
Conversion

Buildap connectors perform Communication ...
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