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Improving the development of context-dependent Java applications with ContextJ

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Malte Appeltauer,

Robert Hirschfeld,

Hidehiko MasuharaAuthors Info & Claims

COP '09: Proceedings of the 1st ACM International Workshop on Context-Oriented Programming

Article No.: 5, Pages 1 - 5

https://doi.org/10.1145/1562112.1562117

Published: 07 July 2009 Publication History

Abstract

Context-oriented programming languages ease the design and implementation of context-dependent applications. ContextJ is a context-oriented extension to the Java programming language. In this paper, we assess the applicability of ContextJ language abstractions for the development of a graphical user interface-based application. We present a text editor that has been implemented with ContextJ based on the Qt Jambi framework and discuss possible extensions to ContextJ to improve its applicability.

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Improving the development of context-dependent Java applications with ContextJ
1. Software and its engineering
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    1. General programming languages
      1. Language features

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COP '09: Proceedings of the 1st ACM International Workshop on Context-Oriented Programming

July 2009

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ISBN:9781605585383

DOI:10.1145/1562112

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Pascal Costanza
Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium
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Richard P. Gabriel
IBM Research, United States
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Robert Hirschfeld
Hasso-Plattner-Institut, Germany
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Jorge Vallejos
Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium

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