ConcernMapper: simple view-based separation of scattered concerns

We introduce ConcernMapper, an Eclipse plug-in for experimenting with techniques for advanced separation of concerns. ConcernMapper supports development and maintenance tasks involving scattered concerns by allowing developers to organize and view the code of a project in terms of high-level abstractions called concerns. ConcernMapper is also designed as an extensible platform intended to provide a simple way to store and query concern models created through a variety of approaches. This paper describes the user interface and internal architecture of ConcernMapper, and demonstrates how to write extensions for it. Categories and Subject Descriptors D.2.3 [Software Engineering]: Coding Tools and Techniques; D.2.6 [Software Engineering]: Programming Environments; D.2.7 [Software Engineering]: Distribution, Maintenance, and Enhancement General Terms Design, Documentation, Experimentation Keywords Separation of concerns, concern mapping, concern modeling, aspectoriented software developmen...

• Type: Conference
• Year: 2005
• Where: ECLIPSE
• Authors: Martin P. Robillard, Frédéric Weigand Warr
• Keywords: Abstractions Called Concerns, ECLIPSE 2005, Query Concern Models, Software Engineering