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Context holders: realizing multiple layer activation mechanisms in a single context-oriented language

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Tomoyuki Aotani,

Testuo Kamina,

Hidehiko MasuharaAuthors Info & Claims

FOAL '14: Proceedings of the 13th workshop on Foundations of aspect-oriented languages

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https://doi.org/10.1145/2588548.2588552

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We propose LamFJ, a calculus for expressing various layer activation mechanisms in context-oriented programming languages. LamFJ extends FeatherweightJava with context holders which are the abstraction of dynamic layer activation. By encoding programs with different layer activation mechanisms into a program manipulating context holders, LamFJ serves as a foundation to reason about interactions between different mechanisms. This paper presents a sketch of the context holders and encodings of existing layer activation mechanisms.

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Kamina TAotani TMasuhara H(2016)Generalized Layer Activation Mechanism for Context-Oriented ProgrammingTransactions on Modularity and Composition I10.1007/978-3-319-46969-0_4(123-166)Online publication date: 30-Sep-2016
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-46969-0_4
Aotani TKamina TMasuhara H(2015)Type-Safe Layer-Introduced Base Functions with Imperative Layer ActivationProceedings of the 7th ACM International Workshop on Context-Oriented Programming10.1145/2786545.2786553(1-7)Online publication date: 4-Jul-2015
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/2786545.2786553

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Context holders: realizing multiple layer activation mechanisms in a single context-oriented language
1. Software and its engineering
  1. Software notations and tools
    1. General programming languages
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April 2014

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Kamina TAotani TMasuhara H(2016)Generalized Layer Activation Mechanism for Context-Oriented ProgrammingTransactions on Modularity and Composition I10.1007/978-3-319-46969-0_4(123-166)Online publication date: 30-Sep-2016
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Aotani TKamina TMasuhara H(2015)Type-Safe Layer-Introduced Base Functions with Imperative Layer ActivationProceedings of the 7th ACM International Workshop on Context-Oriented Programming10.1145/2786545.2786553(1-7)Online publication date: 4-Jul-2015
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/2786545.2786553

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