Component descriptor specifies the characteristics of a component to be used at assembly and deployment time. |
Component descriptor gives the interfaces supported by the component and its base component type and the ports. |
Ports are defined as interfaces that the component uses and provides. |
Event that the component emits and consumes. |
Component descriptor is placed in file with ".ccd" extension because of CORBA Component Descriptor. |
The component descriptor is used to decide the type of container in which the component needs to be installed. |