Reference Guides¶

SpeADL is a language to describe component-oriented architectures and implement them in Java.

We propose various reference guides that should be read in that order:

1. MAY Terminology: an overview of the vocabulary used in MAY and SpeADL and the relations between them.
2. SpeADL⁻ : traditional component-oriented abstractions such as components, interfaces, composites, specialisation, provided and required ports, bindings, etc.
3. Java for SpeADL⁻ : implementation of SpeADL⁻ in Java, instantiation of components, initialisation lifecycles, etc.
4. SpeADL: specific abstractions introduced by SpeADL to help the development of MAS with ecosystems and species, but also to describe dynamic architectures.
5. Java for SpeADL: implementation of SpeADL in Java, instantiation of species, species initialisation lifecycle, etc.