Software reusing in software architecture is especially important. Reusing software architecture is a very difficult problem in the realm of software engineering. There are two main reasons for the problem: the lack of information which can explicitly describe and support the process of reusing software architecture, and the lack of an effective reusing approach. Combining meta information with  meta modeling, reflection and software architecture, we construct a reflective software architecture to support software architecture reusing at software design stage. We provide the software architecture reusing process based on the reflective software architecture. We also offer the basic principles of the concrete process of the reflective software architecture, and give the Object-Z formalization description of concrete operations such as the creation of meta-component, meta-connector and meta-composite. The design process of the supporting tool of software architecture reusing based on the reflective software architecture is also illustrated.

 

 

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