Saleh Alhazbi , Aman Jantan , Hot Swapping in Component-Based Software Systems State of the Art, Asian Journal of Information Technology, Volume 5,Issue 7, 2006, Pages 767-771, ISSN 1682-3915, ajit.2006.767.771, (https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?doi=ajit.2006.767.771) Abstract: This study presents a review of the most recent approaches for replacing a component in component-based software systems at runtime. It investigates common problems with updating software dynamically : system consistency, state transfer, type of updating and safety Keywords: Survey;component-based systems;dynamic updating