An Analysis of Aspect Composition Problems

W.K. Havinga; I. Nagy; Lodewijk Bergmans

An Analysis of Aspect Composition Problems

W.K. Havinga, I. Nagy, Lodewijk Bergmans

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Abstract

The composition of multiple software units does not always yield the desired results. In particular, aspect-oriented composition mechanisms introduce new kinds of composition problems. These are caused by different characteristics as compared to object-oriented composition, such as inverse dependencies. The aim of this paper is to contribute to the understanding of aspect-oriented composition problems, and eventually composition problems in a more general context. To this extent we propose and illustrate a systematic approach to analyze composition problems in a precise and concrete manner. In this approach we represent aspect-based composition mechanisms as transformation rules on program graphs. We explicitly model and show where composition problems occur, in a way that can easily be fully automated. In this paper we focus on structural superimposition (cf. intertype declarations) to illustrate our approach; this results in the identification of three categories of causes of composition problems.

Original language	Undefined
Title of host publication	Proceedings of the Third European Workshop on Aspects in Software, 2006
Editors	G. Kniesel
Place of Publication	Bonn, Germany
Publisher	University of Bonn
Pages	1-8
Number of pages	8
ISBN (Print)	0944-8535
Publication status	Published - 31 Aug 2006

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Publisher	University of Bonn
Number	Technical
ISSN (Print)	0944-8535

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METIS-237859
IR-66822
EWI-8907

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