Abstract
The usual maintenance techniques are not useful when dealing with nonstop software systems. It is not possible to stop the system execution to update some of its components. Dynamic software replacement is a mechanism that allows components updating without stopping the whole system. For this purpose, the Software Replaceable Unit (SWRU) concept has been introduced.
In this paper we present a design method for software systems including replaceable components. The executable unit (i.e. the process) is selected as the minimal software unit (SWRU) that can be dynamically replaced. This way, the strong relation between SWRU based software and distributed software is shown. This fact is used to extend the HOOD method in order to design SWRU based systems.
A replacement model is defined to implement the above concepts. The requirements that a SWRU has to fulfil, according to the above model, are identified. Finally, a method and a set of support modules to assist in the detailed design and coding phases are presented.
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Amador, J., de Vicente, B., Alonso, A. (1991). Dynamically Replaceable Software: A design method. In: van Lamsweerde, A., Fugetta, A. (eds) ESEC '91. ESEC 1991. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 550. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3540547428_50
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