A STUDY OF THE APPLICABILITY OF EXISTING EXCEPTION-HANDLING TECHNIQUES TO COMPONENT-BASED REAL-TIME SOFTWARE TECHNOLOGY

This study focuses on the current state of error-handling technology a nd concludes with recommendations for further research in error handli ng for component-based real-time software. With real-time programs gro wing in size and complexity, the quality and cost of developing and ma intaining them are still deep concerns to embedded software industries . Component-based software is a promising approach in reducing develop ment cost while increasing quality and reliability. As with any other real-time software, component-based software needs exception detection and handling mechanisms to satisfy reliability requirements. The curr ent lack of suitable error-handling techniques can make an application composed of reusable software nondeterministic and difficult to under stand in the presence of errors.