Dynamic Component Composition

TL;DR

This paper introduces a novel approach to dynamic component composition that allows creating new components at runtime without code generation, using extended type notions and Java-based implementation.

Contribution

It presents a new component model enabling runtime composition and transformation of components, bridging prototype-based and class-based programming.

Findings

Supports dynamic creation of composed components at runtime

Provides a Java API for component composition

Facilitates implementation of user-defined types in declarative languages

Abstract

This paper presents an approach to dynamic component composition that facilitates creating new composed components using existing ones at runtime and without any code generation. The dynamic abilities are supported by extended type notion and implementation based on additional superstructure provided with its Java API and corresponding JavaBeans components. The new component composition is performed by building the composed prototype object that can be dynamically transformed into the new instantiable type (component). That approach demonstrates interrelations between prototype-based and class-based component-oriented programming. The component model proposed can be used when implementing user-defined types in declarative languages for event-driven applications programming.