ComponentReplaceability.xml

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<pattern patternID="7" collection="candidates" 
		xsi:noNamespaceSchemaLocation="../plml/plml_bo-2.0.xsd" 
		xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
	<name>Component Replaceability</name>
	<alias>Switch Implementation</alias>
	<problem>
		A software system can not be used in sustainable manner or can not be
		used at all, since a known software component does not work.
	</problem>
	<solution>
		Replace the responsible component by a more suitable component. To do
		this, often the presence of suitable system-internal interfaces is
		a pre-requisiste. 
	</solution>
	<confidence>Idea</confidence>
	<formalization language="">
		<source-code location=""/>
	</formalization>
	<related-patterns>
		<pattern-link type="is-related-to" patternID="5" collection="candidates" 
			label="provide component leaflets"/>
		<pattern-link type="is-related-to" patternID="6" collection="candidates" 
			label="assure backward compatibility"/>
	</related-patterns>
	<management>
		<author>Benno Schmidt</author>
		<revision-number>0.2</revision-number>
		<creation-date>14.07.2019</creation-date>
		<last-modified>16.07.2019</last-modified>
	</management>
</pattern>