Question

Explain various styles of Component-and-connector view-type.

Answer 1

C&C styles specialize the C&C viewtype by introducing a specific set of component-and-connector types and by specifying rules about how elements of those types can be combined. Additionally, given that C&C views capture runtime aspects of a system, a C&C style is typically also associated with a pattern of interaction that prescribes how computation, data, and control flow through systems.
Any particular component or connector may be documented in multiple C&C views, because it may interact with other components or connectors in several ways. For example, a component may be a server in a client-server system. The same component may also act as a respository for data.