以元件為基礎的軟體是能夠將標準的基礎元件直接組裝完成系統，相較於傳統的資訊系統，能夠縮短系統的開發週期並且降低開發成本，因此此種方式終究會引領風潮，而且讓元件式應用系統產生器成為市場主流。
本論文是以某餐飲業現有的元件式應用系統產生器為基礎，提出該元件式應用產生器的建構方法論以及將使用者需求規格轉換成建置應用系統所需要的規格，本研究利用一個雛型系統來呈現本產生器與方法論的運作，藉此來說明我們的概念以及應用系統。利用這個方式，系統開發者或是使用者能夠更容易的去建構,修改與維護他們的應用系統。

Component-based software is finally taking off in a big way and component-based application generators have been championed because they can be used to shorten a system’s development cycle and therefore lower its development costs. Component-based application generators are standardardized building blocks that can be used to assemble, rather that develop, information systems (IS). This paper presents a component-based application generator in the restaurant food ordering setting and a requirement modeling methodology for IS construction based on the generator presented. A prototype was assembled using the generator and methodology presented to illustrate the concepts and application. With this approach, system developers or end users can more easily build, modify and maintain their applications.

第一章 緒論1
第一節 研究背景與動機2
第二節 研究範圍與研究目的2
第三節 研究流程2
第二章 文獻探討4
第一節 元件4
一、元件的定義4
二、軟體元件的定義5
三、元件的標準架構6
第二節 軟體工廠11
一、軟體工廠概念11
二、應用系統產生器概念12
三、模組式應用產生器架構13
第三章 元件式應用系統產生器17
第一節 元件式應用系統產生器架構17
第二節 應用系統建構方法論26
第四章 個案分析與實作36
第一節 使用者需求說明36
第二節 使用者需求塑模37
第三節 模式建立37
第四節 建構元件式應用系統38
第五章 結論80
第一節 研究成果與貢獻80
第二節 未來研究方向81
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