Annotations are often mentioned as a potential alternative to tackle the fragile nature of AspectJ pointcuts. However, annotations themselves can be considered crosscutting elemen...
Leonardo Silva, Samuel Domingues, Marco Tulio de O...
We explore the evolution benefits of adopting aspects in a J2EE setting by studying crosscutting concerns in a typical J2EE application. To identify these concerns, we take a top...
When modifying or debugging a software system, among other tasks, developers must often understand and manipulate source code that crosscuts the system’s structure. These tasks ...
Usually, aspects enhance a software product by being composed - or woven - into it. Here, on the other hand, we use aspects to support the software development process itself. The...
Aspect oriented programming has been proposed as a way to improve modularity of software systems by allowing encapsulation of cross-cutting concerns. To do so, aspects specify whe...