Static and Dynamic Weaving in System Software with AspectC++

— System software strongly relies on the availability of static as well as dynamic adaptation techniques. With AspectOriented Programming (AOP) it is now possible to adapt even policy-like crosscutting concerns in the implementation of system software. While this is straightforward in the static case, dynamic adaptation of crosscutting concerns requires an expensive dynamic aspect weaving infrastructure. Furthermore, the relation between static and dynamic aspects is widely unexplored. In this paper we present our experiences with static and dynamic adaptation of crosscutting concerns in the embedded operating system eCos. The work is based on the novel “single language approach”, which allows us to configure the binding time of aspects, and a “family-based dynamic weaver infrastructure”, which reduces the resource consumption needed for dynamic AOP by tailoring the run time system. In our prototype implementation all this has been integrated into an environment, which allow...

• Type: Conference
• Year: 2006
• Where: HICSS
• Authors: Wolfgang Schröder-Preikschat, Daniel Lohmann, Fabian Scheler, Wasif Gilani, Olaf Spinczyk
• Keywords: Biometrics, Crosscutting Concerns, Dynamic Adaptation, Dynamic Aspects, HICSS 2006, System Sciences