<s>
Merobase	B-Application
is	O
a	O
software	O
search	B-Application
engine	I-Application
that	O
allows	O
developers	O
to	O
find	O
,	O
share	O
and	O
reuse	O
software	B-Architecture
components	I-Architecture
from	O
the	O
Internet	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
engine	O
harvests	O
software	B-Architecture
components	I-Architecture
from	O
a	O
large	O
variety	O
of	O
sources	O
,	O
including	O
Apache	O
,	O
SourceForge	B-Application
,	O
and	O
Java.net	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
unique	O
feature	O
of	O
merobase	B-Application
compared	O
to	O
other	O
code	O
search	B-Application
engines	I-Application
is	O
its	O
ability	O
to	O
support	O
interface-driven	O
searches	O
–	O
that	O
is	O
,	O
searches	O
based	O
on	O
the	O
abstract	O
interface	B-Application
that	O
a	O
component	O
offers	O
rather	O
than	O
on	O
the	O
text	O
in	O
its	O
source	O
code	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
allows	O
merobase	B-Application
to	O
support	O
searches	O
for	O
binary	O
components	O
(	O
e.g.	O
,	O
Java	O
bytecode	O
,	O
CLI	O
assemblies	O
)	O
and	O
web	O
services	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
source	O
code	O
,	O
and	O
significantly	O
enhances	O
its	O
precision	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Merobase	B-Application
Plugins	O
are	O
available	O
for	O
Mozilla	B-Application
Firefox	I-Application
and	O
Internet	B-Application
Explorer	I-Application
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
for	O
well	O
known	O
IDE	O
's	O
such	O
as	O
Eclipse	O
.	O
</s>
