---- On Wed Feb  4 14:32:59 1998, Patrick Logan said ------

>As you explore this idea, I'd suggest you leap past Java and consider
>an issue of components currently being promoted by Bertrand Meyer, and
>promoted  at least as far back as Brad Cox in the late 1980's. That is
>Design By Contract. A reusable component is not just a "signature" but
>it is also a contract that specifies the conditions under which a
>component can be used, as well as the conditions that are guaranteed
>afterwards.
>
>Otherwise any component can be replaced disregarding the behavior, so
>long as the signature is satisfied.


Yup this is what CORBA IDL is meant to do...


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