A Machine Model for Aspect-Oriented Programming Export

@incollection{citeulike:3519451, abstract = {Aspect-oriented programming languages usually are extensions of object-oriented ones, and their compilation target is usually the (virtual) machine model of the language they extend. While that model elegantly supports core object-oriented language mechanisms such as virtual method dispatch, it provides no direct support for core aspect-oriented language mechanisms such as advice application. Hence, current implementations of aspect-oriented languages bring about insufficient and inelegant solutions. This paper introduces a lightweight, object-based machine model for aspect-oriented languages based on object-oriented ones. It is centered around delegation and relies on a very dynamic notion of join points as loci of late-bound dispatch of functionality. The model is shown to naturally support an important number of aspect-oriented language mechanisms. Additionally, a formal semantics is presented as an extension to the object-based δ calculus.}, author = {Haupt, Michael and Schippers, Hans}, citeulike-article-id = {3519451}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-73589-2_24}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://www.springerlink.com/content/c0215575k4631628}, doi = {10.1007/978-3-540-73589-2_24}, journal = {ECOOP 2007 – Object-Oriented Programming}, keywords = {alternative, aspect-oriented, representations}, pages = {501--524}, posted-at = {2008-11-15 18:33:23}, priority = {3}, title = {A Machine Model for Aspect-Oriented Programming}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-73589-2_24}, year = {2007} }

TY - CHAP ID - citeulike:3519451 L3 - citeulike-article-id:3519451 N2 - Aspect-oriented programming languages usually are extensions of object-oriented ones, and their compilation target is usually the (virtual) machine model of the language they extend. While that model elegantly supports core object-oriented language mechanisms such as virtual method dispatch, it provides no direct support for core aspect-oriented language mechanisms such as advice application. Hence, current implementations of aspect-oriented languages bring about insufficient and inelegant solutions. This paper introduces a lightweight, object-based machine model for aspect-oriented languages based on object-oriented ones. It is centered around delegation and relies on a very dynamic notion of join points as loci of late-bound dispatch of functionality. The model is shown to naturally support an important number of aspect-oriented language mechanisms. Additionally, a formal semantics is presented as an extension to the object-based δ calculus. JF - ECOOP 2007 – Object-Oriented Programming EP - 524 TI - A Machine Model for Aspect-Oriented Programming SP - 501 KW - alternative KW - aspect-oriented KW - representations AU - Haupt, Michael AU - Schippers, Hans PY - 2007/// UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-73589-2_24 ER -