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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 22, 2006
Filed:
Dec. 13, 2002
Applicants:
Marin Litoiu, Toronto, CA;
Michael Starkey, Toronto, CA;
Inventors:
Marin Litoiu, Toronto, CA;
Michael Starkey, Toronto, CA;
Assignee:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 9/44 (2006.01); G06F 15/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
In the process of hierarchical composition of software component types, the reusability of software component types is improved through the 'promotion of features'. That is, a feature of an instance of a predetermined software component type may be promoted to a software component type containing instances of the predetermined software component type. The promoted feature may then be customized when the containing software component type is instantiated.