basis of crosscutting

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basis of crosscutting

• a join point model (JPM) has 3 critical elements
• what are the join points
• in AspectJ
• points in runtime call graph
• class members
• means of identifying join points
• in AspectJ
• signatures (plus )
• means of specifying semantics at join points
• in AspectJ
• advice
• define members

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basis of crosscutting

• a join point model (JPM) has 3 critical elements
• what are the join points
• in AspectJ
• points in runtime call graph
• class members
• means of identifying join points
• in AspectJ
• pointcuts
• member signatures (plus )
• means of specifying semantics at join points
• in AspectJ
• advice
• define members

dynamic JPMstatic JPM
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range of AOP languages
See next slide for changes to AspectJ and Demeter
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range of AOP languages
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Composing join point models

• Traversal Spec JPM In Demeter we use traversal
  specifications and the class graph to introduce
  traversal methods to a set of classes.
• Visitor JPM The result of Traversal Spec. JPM is
  used to define a second JPM
• The traversal methods define nodes and edge
  visits.
• Visitor signatures define the nodes and edges
  where additional advice is needed they are the
  means of identifying join points.
• The means of specifying semantics at join points
  are the visitor bodies.

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AO design in UML
Clarke, Walker

• foo
• dynamic JPM ( AspectJ)
• what happens in pattern
• bar

• Composition Patterns
• static JPM ( Hyper/J)
• binds pattern to base code
• UML class interaction diagrams already crosscut
• by-class vs. by-interaction organizations