Software reuse is the use of existing artifacts to build new software components.
- 1. Object-oriented design using the UML Simmi S Department of Computer Science(UG) Kristu Jayanti College , Bangalore
- 2. Software Reuse Software reuse is possible at a number of different levels. The abstraction level At this level, you don’t reuse software directly but rather use knowledge of successful abstractions in the design of your software. Design patterns and architectural patterns are ways of representing abstract knowledge for reuse
- 3. The object level At this level, you directly reuse objects from a library rather than writing the code yourself. To implement this type of reuse, you have to find appropriate libraries and discover if the objects and methods offer the functionality that you need.
- 4. The component level Components are collections of objects and object classes that operate together to provide related functions and services. You often have to adapt and extend the component by adding some code of your own. The system level At this level, you reuse entire application systems. This usually involves some kind of configuration of these systems. This may be done by adding and modifying code (if you are reusing a software product line) or by using the system’s own configuration interface.
- 5. Costs Associated With Reuse: The costs of the time spent in looking for software to reuse and assessing whether or not it meets your needs. You may have to test the software to make sure that it will work in your environment, especially if this is different from its development environment. Where applicable, the costs of buying the reusable software. For large off-theshelf systems, these costs can
- 6. Costs Associated With Reuse: The costs of adapting and configuring the reusable software components or systems to reflect the requirements of the system that you are developing. The costs of integrating reusable software elements with each other (if you are using software from different sources) and with the new code that you have developed
- 7. Costs Associated With Reuse: By reusing existing software, you can develop new systems more quickly, with fewer development risks and also lower costs. As the reused software has been tested in other applications, it should be more reliable than new software. How to reuse existing knowledge and software should be the first thing you should think about when starting a software development project. You should consider the possibilities of reuse before designing the software in detail, as you may wish to adapt your design to reuse existing software assets
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