Application-specific models and pointcuts using a logic metalanguage
(2008) Computer Languages, Systems and Structures — Vol. 34, n° 2-3, p. 66-82 (2008)
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- In contemporary aspect-oriented languages, pointcuts are usually specified directly in terms of the structure of the source code. The definition of such low-level pointcuts requires aspect developers to have a profound understanding of the entire application's implementation and often leads to complex, fragile and hard-to-maintain pointcut definitions. To resolve these issues, we present an aspect-oriented programming system that features a logic-based pointcut language that is open such that it can be extended with application-specific pointcut predicates. These predicates define an application-specific model that serves as a contract that base program developers provide and aspect developers can depend upon. As a result, pointcuts can be specified in terms of this more high-level model of the application which confines all intricate implementation details that are otherwise exposed in the pointcut definitions themselves. (c) 2007 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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Brichau, J., Kellens, A., Gybels, K., Mens, K., Hirschfeld, R., & D’Hondt, T. (2008). Application-specific models and pointcuts using a logic metalanguage. Computer Languages, Systems and Structures, 34(2-3), 66-82. https://hdl.handle.net/2078.5/148153 (Original work published 2008)