Software Components are typically business objects that have predefined and reusable behaviors. Component-Based Development is the idea of creating software applications from components. Implementation detail is hidden in the interfaces, which isolate and encapsulate a set of functionality. Interfaces are the means by which components connect.

An interface is a set of named operations that can be invoked by clients. More importantly, well-defined interfaces define the component's entry points, and a component's accessibility is done only via its interface. In a component-based approach, providers and clients communicate via the specification of the interface, which becomes the mediating middle that lets the two parties collaborate and work together.

The benefits of software components are manifold:

• A component is more generalized and application-independent
• Components can be reused in a variety of contexts.
• Individual components can be custom-made to suit specific requirements, whereas existing ones can be customized to meet those requirements.
• Several components can be assembled to form a functioning system.
• Upgrades of individual components end the problem of massive upgrades as done in monolithic systems
• Components can live anywhere on a network - in computers best suited for running them - based on the functions the components provide.
• Using distributed computing system standards such as CORBA, Java RMI and EJB, and Microsoft's COM/DCOM, components can be distributed among the computers in an enterprise network.

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Using Software Components could save you many tens of thousands of man hours of development time. This saving in time and the increased reliability and productivity that come with using components equate to immeasurable costs savings.

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