From adaptation engineering to aspect-oriented context-dependency

ABSTRACT

The evolution of the Web requires to consider an increasing number of context-dependency issues. Therefore, in our research we focus on how to extend a Web application with additional adaptation concerns without having to redesign the entire application. Based on a generic transcoding tool we illustrate here how we can add adaptation functionality to an existing Web application. Furthermore, we consider how an aspect-oriented approach can support the high-level specification of such additional concerns in the design of the Web application.

REFERENCES

• 1: Fiala, Z., Houben G.J. A Generic Transcoding Tool for Making Web Applications Adaptive. In Proceedings of the CAiSE'05 FORUM, Porto, Portugal, 2005, 15--20.
• 2: Kiczales, G., Lamping, J., Mendhekar, A., Maeda, C., Lopes, C.V., Loingtier, J., Irwin, J. Aspect-Oriented Programming. In Proceedings of the 11th European Conference on Object Oriented Programming (ECOOP'97), Jyväskylä, Finland, 1997, 220--242
• 3: Vdovjak, R., Frasincar, F., Houben, G.J., Barna, P. Engineering Semantic Web Information Systems in Hera. Journal of Web Engineering, Vol. 2, No. 1&2, 2003, 3--26.

INDEX TERMS

Primary Classification:
  D. Software
  D.2 SOFTWARE ENGINEERING
        D.2.11 Software Architectures
            Subjects: Languages (e.g., description, interconnection, definition)

Additional Classification:
  H. Information Systems
  H.5 INFORMATION INTERFACES AND PRESENTATION (I.7)
      H.5.2 User Interfaces (D.2.2, H.1.2, I.3.6)
          Subjects: User-centered design
      H.5.4 Hypertext/Hypermedia
          Subjects: Navigation; Architectures

General Terms:
Design, Languages

Keywords:
adaptation, aspect-oriented programming, component-based web engineering, web engineering