Hi,
        Does ACE provide a COM like environment for its users to
create component based software architecture where in components can
be plugged-in to add functionality and can connect it with other
components using the built-in features?  I have worked on XPCOM where
I can define interfaces in an IDL file and compile it to generate
header files and implementation .cpp files (stubs). Do we have some
thing similar to this in ACE for component based sw development? This
helps to use the pattern already available in ACE to be used in the
components for application development and communication needs.

https://developer.mozilla.org/en/xpcom

Thanks,
Sreejith