Amarco evaluation guide
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Amarco Concepts
10.1
Objects and service points (connections)
Amarco software manages the following concepts:
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Objects. An object is an entity that may contain other objects and that may have as
environment other objects. The objects communicate through service points
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Service points (alias interfaces). Multiple service points may be associated with
objects. When associated to an object a service can be of type « server » or « client ».
Through a client type service point the objects makes outbound requested services and
receives inbound rendered services. Through a server type service point the objects
receives inbound requested services and send outbound rendered services.
10.2 System and objects views
Amarco represents systems and objects according basically to three views:
External architecture
Figure 1. Amarco method – external architecture of an object
