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Introducing Connections Into Classes With Static Meta-Programming

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Coordinatio Languages and Models (COORDINATION 1999)

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Connections can be inserted into classes transparently. Based on an open language with a static meta-object protocol, meta-operators can be constructed that work as connectors, mixing communication code into classes. Thereby, connectors become standard methods in the open language; connections are initiated by standard method calls, and connecting becomes a program transformation. This method paves the way for libraries of connectors which are easy to program, easy to understand, and easy to extend. Equipped with simple drivers, connectors become file-to-file transformation tools. Since connectors can be programmed in variants, architectures of large systems can be configured with the standard software production tooling.

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  1. Institut für Programmstrukturen und Datenorganisation, Universität Karlsruhe, Postfach 6980, Zirkel 2, 76128, Karlsruhe, Germany

    Uwe Aßmann & Andreas Ludwig

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  1. Dipartimento di Scienze dell’Informazione, Università die Bologna, Mura Anteo Zamboni, 7, I-40127, Bologna, Italy

    Paolo Ciancarini

  2. Department of Computer Science, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO, 80309-0430, USA

    Alexander L. Wolf

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Aßmann, U., Ludwig, A. (1999). Introducing Connections Into Classes With Static Meta-Programming. In: Ciancarini, P., Wolf, A.L. (eds) Coordinatio Languages and Models. COORDINATION 1999. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 1594. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-48919-3_26

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