A Multiparadigm Study of Crosscutting Modularity in Design Patterns

Abstract. Design patterns provide solutions to recurring design problems in object-oriented programming. Design patterns typically crosscut class boundaries so previous work aimed at improving modularity of their implementations. A series of recent studies has focused on aspect-oriented programming while other crosscutting techniques such as collaborationbased designs have remained unexplored. In this paper, we address this limitation by presenting a qualitative case study based on the Gang-ofFour design patterns comparing and contrasting mechanisms of representative languages of collaboration-based designs (Jak) and aspect-oriented programming (AspectJ). Our work yields guidelines for using both paradigms when implementing design patterns exploiting their relative strengths.

• Type: Conference
• Year: 2008
• Where: TOOLS
• Authors: Martin Kuhlemann, Sven Apel, Marko Rosenmüller, Roberto E. Lopez-Herrejon
• Keywords: Aspect-oriented Programming, Design Patterns, Patterns Provide Solutions, Programming Languages, TOOLS 2008