A Pragmatic Approach to Software Synthesis

Abstract

We present a practice oriented tool for software synthesis that supports the interface-correct configuration of complex systems from a library of reusable software components. Besides simply checking the interface-correctness of a link by means of type constraints, the tool is also designed to propose software components for solving a 1994 specified problem within a certain context. In particular, it identifies possible interfacing modules that in case of an interface-conflict may serve for the right conversion, transformation or parameter configuration. We illustrate our tool, which is based on the deductive database system LOLA, in three application specific settings. © 1994, ACM. All rights reserved.