A Technology Composite, in the Essential Meta Model, captures a high-level logical technology component that is made up of other Technology Components in the architecture. This tutorial introduces Technology Composites and describes how they are captured.

Purpose 

A Technology Composite defines a collection of Technology Components in a particular configuration – a Technology Component Architecture. This can be modelled as a black box - by creating the definition element in the model but leaving out the defining component architecture - but is normally fully described by this architecture. 

Tasks 

To define a Technology Composite: 

• Give the new Technology Composite a name and description 
• Create a new instance of a Technology Component Architecture 
• Complete the Technology Component Architecture – see: Define Technology Component Architecture 
• Optional: You can define the Technology Product Build Roles that implement this Technology Composite from here if you wish to define your architecture top-down. See: Define Technology Provider Role 
  • Define the Technology Product Build Roles that implement this Technology Architecture in the ‘Provided by Technology Providers’ field of the Technology Composite – see: Define Technology Provider Role 
  • Create new instances of Technology Product Build Roles as required, e.g. for production, development, test builds.