Abstract
In AOP, a pointcut matches base-program execution points where an advice must be executed. Most pointcut are method signatures. In AspectJ, pointcuts based on control-flow (e.g. the method foo when it is called during the method bar) can be defined with a cflow operator which also provides context passing (e.g., when foo is called, print the argument of the pending call to bar).
In this article, we propose a pointcut language that extends the pointcut language of AspectJ for control-flow. We exemplify how it enables definition of useful pointcuts based on control-flow with context passing. We provide both an intuitive semantics based on post-mortem execution traces and an implementation based on program instrumentation. We also provide analyses for pointcut conflict and instrumentation optimization.
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Douence, R., Teboul, L. (2004). A Pointcut Language for Control-Flow. In: Karsai, G., Visser, E. (eds) Generative Programming and Component Engineering. GPCE 2004. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 3286. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-30175-2_6
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