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Using roles to model crosscutting concerns

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Fernando Sérgio Barbosa,

Ademar AguiarAuthors Info & Claims

AOSD '13: Proceedings of the 12th annual international conference on Aspect-oriented software development

Pages 97 - 108

https://doi.org/10.1145/2451436.2451449

Published: 24 March 2013 Publication History

Abstract

In object oriented languages the problem of crosscutting concerns, due to limitations in the composition mechanisms, is recurrent. In order to reduce this problem we propose to use roles as a way of composing classes that extends the Object Oriented approach and can be used to model crosscutting concerns. To support our approach we developed a role language that extends Java, while being compatible with existing virtual machines. As validation we conducted a case study using three open source systems. We identified crosscutting concerns in the systems and then modeled them using our role approach. Results show that roles are a viable option for modeling crosscutting concerns.

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Santos ACoelho D(2016)Java Extensions for Design Pattern InstantiationProceedings of the 15th International Conference on Software Reuse: Bridging with Social-Awareness - Volume 967910.1007/978-3-319-35122-3_19(284-299)Online publication date: 5-Jun-2016
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Barbosa FAguiar A(2013)Comparing Two Class Composition ApproachesEvaluation of Novel Approaches to Software Engineering10.1007/978-3-642-54092-9_7(94-109)Online publication date: 2013
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-54092-9_7

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Using roles to model crosscutting concerns
1. Software and its engineering
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    1. Software development techniques
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AOSD '13: Proceedings of the 12th annual international conference on Aspect-oriented software development

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DOI:10.1145/2451436

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Santos ACoelho D(2016)Java Extensions for Design Pattern InstantiationProceedings of the 15th International Conference on Software Reuse: Bridging with Social-Awareness - Volume 967910.1007/978-3-319-35122-3_19(284-299)Online publication date: 5-Jun-2016
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1007/978-3-319-35122-3_19
Barbosa FAguiar A(2013)Comparing Two Class Composition ApproachesEvaluation of Novel Approaches to Software Engineering10.1007/978-3-642-54092-9_7(94-109)Online publication date: 2013
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-54092-9_7

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