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Reusable software components

  • US 7,562,347 B2
  • Filed: 11/04/2004
  • Issued: 07/14/2009
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/04/2004
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A computer program product, tangibly embodied in a machine-readable storage device, comprising instructions operable to cause data processing apparatus to:

  • define a component having an external interface and an internal interface for embedding external components into the component, each external component being a reusable software component encapsulating functionality, wherein multiple instances of each external component are usable at the same time,the external interface comprising;

    an external programming interface for programmatic interaction with the component,an external data-binding interface for data communication with the component, andan external visual interface for access to a visual representation of a state of the component; and

    the internal interface comprising;

    an embedding interface for specifying one or more external interfaces of the external components to be embedded and a number of instances of each external component to be embedded;

    an internal programming interface for programmatic interaction with the external components to be embedded,an internal data-binding interface for data communication with the external components to be embedded, andan internal visual interface for access to a visual representation of a state of the external components to be embedded.

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