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This paper introduces the flexible packaging method, which allows a component developer to defer some decisions about component interaction until system integration time. The method divides the component&#8217;s source into two pieces: the ware, which encapsulates the component&#8217;s functionality; and the packager, which encapsulates the details of interaction. Both the ware and the packager are independently reusable. A ware, as a reusable part, allows a given piece of functionality to be employed in systems in different architectural styles. A packager, as a reusable part, encapsulates conformance to a component standard, like an ActiveX control or an ODBC database accessor. Because the packager&#8217;s source code is often formulaic, a tool is provided to generate the packager&#8217;s source from a high-level description of the intended interaction, a description written in the architectural description language UniCon. 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