Research on the Realizing Mechanism of PL-ISEE Broker Architecture

The research on software product line will face two problems: one is the design of new industrialized PL-ISEE model (that is component based assembly line), another is the implementation of product line core asset and COTS component agent bus. In the paper, a new industrialized PL-ISEE model is firstly proposed by the authors. One of the main parts framed the new PL-ISEE is the core asset and COTS component agent bus. To realize the agent bus and component based software assembly line, the broker idea and architecture based on CORBA are introduced. The broker architecture and basic framework model adapted to the new PL-ISEE component agent bus requirements are designed, and its implementation mechanisms are systemically discussed. The PL-ISEE realized by the broker architecture will have more advantages on the locating transparency, dynamic updates and expansion of the core asset component servers of software product line, system platform independence and portability, interoperability and interactivity between different agent systems. These advantages are very useful to implement the new PL-ISEE and industrialization production of the component based software products.