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A major challenge for software reuse is developing components that can be reused in several applications. This paper describes a systematic method for providing components that can be extended through variation points, as initially specified in the software requirements. Allowing the reuser or application engineer to extend components at pre-specified variation points creates a more flexible set of components. The existing variation point methods do not provide enough design detail for the reuser. This paper introduces a method called the Variation Point Model (VPM), which models variation points at the design level, beginning with the common requirements.
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Webber, D.L., Gomaa, H. (2002). Modeling Variability with the Variation Point Model. In: Gacek, C. (eds) Software Reuse: Methods, Techniques, and Tools. ICSR 2002. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 2319. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-46020-9_8
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