Supporting component and architectural re-usage by detection and tolerance of integration faults

We present an extended interface description language supporting the avoidance and the automatic-detection and tolerance of inconsistency classes likely to occur when integrating pre-developed components. In particular, the approach developed allows the automatic generation of component wrapping mechanisms aimed at handling the occurrence of local and global inconsistencies during runtime. On the whole, the application of the procedure suggested supports re-usage of components and of architectural patterns by allowing their easy adaptation to the specific needs of the application considered.