The Role of Features and Aspects in Software Development: Similarities, Differences, and Synergetic Potential - Couverture souple

Apel, Sven

 
9783639451917: The Role of Features and Aspects in Software Development: Similarities, Differences, and Synergetic Potential
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ISBN 10 : 3639451910 ISBN 13 : 9783639451917
Editeur : AV Akademikerverlag, 2012

Synopsis

Revision with unchanged content. Feature-Oriented Programming (FOP) and Aspect-Oriented Programming (AOP) are complementary technologies. Though they aim at crosscutting modularity, they do so in different ways. We observed that FOP and AOP can be combined to overcome their individual limitations. Consequently, we propose Aspectual Feature Modules (AFMs), a representative approach that unifies AOP and FOP. From this symbiosis we derive the novel notion of Aspect Refinement (AR) that integrates aspects into the stepwise development philosophy of FOP. We use AFMs and AR in a non-trivial case study to create a product line of overlay networks. We also present a set of guidelines to assist programmers in how and when to use FOP and AOP techniques for implementing product lines in a stepwise and generative manner. Finally, we answer the question of how FOP and AOP-related implementation techniques are used today by analyzing a representative set of AspectJ programs of different sizes. We observe that aspects are used frequently for implementation problems that are closely related to FOP. We discuss why this is not surprising.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

Revision with unchanged content. Feature-Oriented Programming (FOP) and Aspect-Oriented Programming (AOP) are complementary technologies. Though they aim at crosscutting modularity, they do so in different ways. We observed that FOP and AOP can be combined to overcome their individual limitations. Consequently, we propose Aspectual Feature Modules (AFMs), a representative approach that unifies AOP and FOP. From this symbiosis we derive the novel notion of Aspect Refinement (AR) that integrates aspects into the stepwise development philosophy of FOP. We use AFMs and AR in a non-trivial case study to create a product line of overlay networks. We also present a set of guidelines to assist programmers in how and when to use FOP and AOP techniques for implementing product lines in a stepwise and generative manner. Finally, we answer the question of how FOP and AOP-related implementation techniques are used today by analyzing a representative set of AspectJ programs of different sizes. We observe that aspects are used frequently for implementation problems that are closely related to FOP. We discuss why this is not surprising.

Biographie de l'auteur

The author received a Ph.D. in Computer Science from the University of Magdeburg in 2007. His research interests include advanced programming paradigms, software product lines, and algebra for software construction.

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Éditeur
AV Akademikerverlag
Date d'édition
2012
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
3639451910
ISBN 13 
9783639451917
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
172
Coordonnées du fabricant
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