Rava: designing a Java extension with dynamic object roles Export

@inproceedings{citeulike:3475433, abstract = {Dynamic object roles are widely considered to be helpful to conceptual modeling of application. This paper presents an approach to role implementation based on mediator pattern, which is used to object behavior extension in class-based language. We present a prototypical implementation of the approach by extending the Java language, called Rava. In the approach, role management (generation of role object, dynamic binding of core object and role etc.) is implemented by mediator object, which reduces complexity of client program. At the same time, the binding relationship between core object and role is also saved in mediator object, which reduces the coupling between core object and role and is helpful to improving their reusability. We have developed a Rava to Java translator which makes Rava sources executable on every Java virtual machine. Our Approach can also be used to extend other class-based language.}, author = {He, Chengwan and Nie, Zhijie and Li, Bifeng and Cao, Lianlian and He, Keqing}, booktitle = {Engineering of Computer Based Systems, 2006. ECBS 2006. 13th Annual IEEE International Symposium and Workshop on}, citeulike-article-id = {3475433}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/ECBS.2006.57}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpls/abs_all.jsp?arnumber=1607396}, doi = {10.1109/ECBS.2006.57}, journal = {Engineering of Computer Based Systems, 2006. ECBS 2006. 13th Annual IEEE International Symposium and Workshop on}, keywords = {java, software\_engineering, software\_process}, pages = {7 pp.+}, posted-at = {2008-11-03 16:01:32}, priority = {3}, title = {Rava: designing a Java extension with dynamic object roles}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/ECBS.2006.57}, year = {2006} }

TY - CONF ID - citeulike:3475433 L3 - citeulike-article-id:3475433 N2 - Dynamic object roles are widely considered to be helpful to conceptual modeling of application. This paper presents an approach to role implementation based on mediator pattern, which is used to object behavior extension in class-based language. We present a prototypical implementation of the approach by extending the Java language, called Rava. In the approach, role management (generation of role object, dynamic binding of core object and role etc.) is implemented by mediator object, which reduces complexity of client program. At the same time, the binding relationship between core object and role is also saved in mediator object, which reduces the coupling between core object and role and is helpful to improving their reusability. We have developed a Rava to Java translator which makes Rava sources executable on every Java virtual machine. Our Approach can also be used to extend other class-based language. JF - Engineering of Computer Based Systems, 2006. ECBS 2006. 13th Annual IEEE International Symposium and Workshop on TI - Rava: designing a Java extension with dynamic object roles T2 - Engineering of Computer Based Systems, 2006. ECBS 2006. 13th Annual IEEE International Symposium and Workshop on SP - 7 pp. KW - java KW - software_engineering KW - software_process AU - He, Chengwan AU - Nie, Zhijie AU - Li, Bifeng AU - Cao, Lianlian AU - He, Keqing PY - 2006/// UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/ECBS.2006.57 ER -