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Modeling aspect mechanisms: a top-down approach

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Sergei Kojarski,

David H. LorenzAuthors Info & Claims

ICSE '06: Proceedings of the 28th international conference on Software engineering

Pages 212 - 221

https://doi.org/10.1145/1134285.1134316

Published: 28 May 2006 Publication History

Abstract

A plethora of aspect mechanisms exist today. All of these diverse mechanisms integrate concerns into artifacts that exhibit crosscutting structure. What we lack and need is a characterization of the design space that these aspect mechanisms inhabit and a model description of their weaving processes. A good design space representation provides a common framework for understanding and evaluating existing mechanisms. A well-understood model of the weaving process can guide the implementor of new aspect mechanisms. It can guide the designer when mechanisms implementing new kinds of weaving are needed. It can also help teach aspect-oriented programming (AOP). In this paper we present and evaluate such a model of the design space for aspect mechanisms and their weaving processes. We model weaving, at an abstract level, as a concern integration process. We derive a weaving process model (WPM) top-down, differentiating a reactive from a nonreactive process. The model provides an in-depth explanation of the key subprocesses used by existing aspect mechanisms.

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Modeling aspect mechanisms: a top-down approach
1. Software and its engineering
  1. Software creation and management
    1. Designing software
  2. Software notations and tools
    1. General programming languages
      1. Language types
        Object oriented languages

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ICSE '06: Proceedings of the 28th international conference on Software engineering

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DOI:10.1145/1134285

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