Aspect Composition using Composition Filters

Lodewijk Bergmans; Mehmet  Aksit; B. Tekinerdogan

Aspect Composition using Composition Filters

Lodewijk Bergmans, Mehmet Aksit, B. Tekinerdogan

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Abstract

This chapter first discusses a number of software reuse and extension problems in current object-oriented languages. For this purpose, a change case for a simplified mail system is presented. Each evolution step in the change case consists of the addition or refinement of certain aspects to existing classes. These examples illustrate that both inheritance and aggregation mechanisms cannot adequately express certain aspects of evolving software. This deficiency manifests itself in the number of superfluous (method) definitions that are required to realize the change case. As a solution to these problems, the composition filters model is introduced. We evaluate the effectiveness of various language mechanisms in coping with evolving software as in the presented change case.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Software Architectures and Component Technology
Editors	Mehmet Aksit
Place of Publication	Dordrecht
Publisher	Kluwer Academic Publishers
Pages	357-384
Number of pages	28
ISBN (Electronic)	978-1-4615-0883-0
ISBN (Print)	978-1-4613-5286-0
Publication status	Published - 2002

Publication series

Name	The Springer International Series in Engineering and Computer Science
Publisher	Springer
Volume	648
ISSN (Print)	0893-3405

Keywords

Composition
Synchronization
composition filters
EWI-10179
view extension
IR-37203
view refinement
multiple views
history sensitiveness
aspects
METIS-204255
view partitioning

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Aspect Composition using Composition Filters. / Bergmans, Lodewijk; Aksit, Mehmet ; Tekinerdogan, B.

Software Architectures and Component Technology. ed. / Mehmet Aksit. Dordrecht : Kluwer Academic Publishers, 2002. p. 357-384 (The Springer International Series in Engineering and Computer Science; Vol. 648).

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