On the Modular Representation of Architectural Aspects

An architectural aspect is a concern that cuts across architecture ty units and cannot be effectively modularized using the given abstractions of conventional Architecture Description Languages (ADLs). Dealing with crosscutting concerns is not a trivial task since they affect each other and the base architectural decomposition in multiple heterogeneous ways. The lack of ADL support for modularly representing such aspectual heterogeneous influences leads to a number of architectural breakdowns, such as increased maintenance overhead, reduced reuse capability, and architectural erosion over the lifetime of a system. On the other hand, software architects should not be burdened with a plethora of new ractions directly derived from aspect-oriented implementation techniques. However, most aspect-oriented ADLs rely on a heavyweight approach that mirrors programming languages concepts at the architectural level. In addition, they do not naturally support heterogeneous architectural aspects an...

• Type: Conference
• Year: 2006
• Where: EWSA
• Authors: Alessandro Garcia, Christina Chavez, Thaís Vasconcelos Batista, Cláudio Sant'Anna, Uirá Kulesza, Awais Rashid, Carlos José Pereira de Lucena
• Keywords: Architectural, Architectural Aspects, Base Architectural Decomposition, EWSA 2006, Software Engineering