A Case for Custom, Composable Composition Operators

W.K. Havinga; Christoph Bockisch; Lodewijk Bergmans

A Case for Custom, Composable Composition Operators

W.K. Havinga, Christoph Bockisch, Lodewijk Bergmans

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Abstract

Programming languages typically support a fixed set of com- position operators, with fixed semantics. This may impose limits on software designers, in case a desired operator or semantics are not supported by a language, resulting in suboptimal quality characteristics of the designed software system. We demonstrate this using the well-known State design pattern, and propose the use of a composition infrastructure that allows the designer to define custom, composable composition operators. We demonstrate how this approach improves several quality factors of the State design pattern, such as reusability and modularity, while taking a reason- able amount of effort to define the necessary pattern-related code.

Original language	Undefined
Title of host publication	Proceedings of the 1st International Workshop on Composition: Objects, Aspects, Components, Services and Product Lines
Publisher	CEUR
Pages	45-50
Number of pages	6
Publication status	Published - Mar 2010
Event	First International Workshop on Composition: Objects, Aspects, Components, Services and Product Lines - Rennes, France Duration: 15 Mar 2010 → 15 Mar 2010

Publication series

Name	Workshop Proceedings
Publisher	CEUR-WS
Volume	564
ISSN (Print)	1613-0073

Workshop

Workshop	First International Workshop on Composition: Objects, Aspects, Components, Services and Product Lines
Period	15/03/10 → 15/03/10
Other	15 March 2010

Keywords

IR-70685
EWI-17746
METIS-270775

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http://ceur-ws.org/Vol-564/compositionvariability2010_submission_1.pdf

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Havinga, WK, Bockisch, C & Bergmans, L 2010, A Case for Custom, Composable Composition Operators. in Proceedings of the 1st International Workshop on Composition: Objects, Aspects, Components, Services and Product Lines. Workshop Proceedings, vol. 564, CEUR, pp. 45-50, First International Workshop on Composition: Objects, Aspects, Components, Services and Product Lines, 15/03/10. <http://ceur-ws.org/Vol-564/compositionvariability2010_submission_1.pdf>

A Case for Custom, Composable Composition Operators. / Havinga, W.K.; Bockisch, Christoph; Bergmans, Lodewijk.

Proceedings of the 1st International Workshop on Composition: Objects, Aspects, Components, Services and Product Lines. CEUR, 2010. p. 45-50 (Workshop Proceedings; Vol. 564).

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › Academic › peer-review

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