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 |
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| 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 |
Publication series
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| Publisher | University of Bonn |
| Number | Technical |
| ISSN (Print) | 0944-8535 |
Keywords
- METIS-237859
- IR-66822
- EWI-8907
Cite this
Havinga, W. K., Nagy, I., & Bergmans, L. (2006). An Analysis of Aspect Composition Problems. In G. Kniesel (Ed.), Proceedings of the Third European Workshop on Aspects in Software, 2006 (pp. 1-8). Bonn, Germany: University of Bonn.