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Representing architectural aspects with a symmetric approach

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Alessandro Fabricio Garcia,

Eduardo Magno Lages Figueiredo,

Claudio Nogueira Sant'Anna,

Lidia FuentesAuthors Info & Claims

EA '09: Proceedings of the 15th workshop on Early aspects

Pages 25 - 30

https://doi.org/10.1145/1509825.1509831

Published: 03 March 2009 Publication History

Abstract

Aspect-oriented (AO) techniques are emerging as promising approaches to enhance the representation of crosscutting concerns throughout the software lifecycle. This includes new AO specification mechanisms for the architectural design stage that is at the heart of the software process. However, existing modelling languages have failed short to provide simple and scalable notations for visually representing the so-called "architectural aspects". This paper reports our ongoing effort on the definition of a visual architecture representation for aspect-oriented systems. Our proposal follows a symmetric approach and provides a more expressive set of visual elements in order to: (i) provide a more intuitive notation for expressing aspectual compositions, (ii) facilitate a symbiotic transition of AO requirements specifications to AO architecture designs, (iii) make the transition of architectural descriptions to AO detailed designs more straightforward, and (iv) improve the early detection of modularity anomalies in aspect-oriented design. We discuss the advantages and drawbacks of our modelling proposal in terms of two applications from different domains.

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Representing architectural aspects with a symmetric approach
1. Software and its engineering
  1. Software notations and tools
    1. System description languages
  2. Software organization and properties
    1. Software system structures
      1. Software architectures

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EA '09: Proceedings of the 15th workshop on Early aspects

March 2009

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ISBN:9781605584560

DOI:10.1145/1509825

Program Chairs:
Alessandro Garcia
University of British Columbia, Canada
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Nan Niu
University of Toronto, Canada
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Ana Moreira
Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal
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Joao Araujo
Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal

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Op de beeck Svan Dooren MLagaisse BJoosen W(2013)Modularity and variability of distributed software architectures through multi-view refinement of AO-ConnectorsTransactions on Aspect-Oriented Software Development X10.5555/2554488.2554492(109-147)Online publication date: 1-Jan-2013
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.5555/2554488.2554492
de Oliveira KFranca JSoares M(2013)Extensions of SysML for Modeling an Aspect Oriented Software Architecture with Multiple ViewsProceedings of the 2013 10th International Conference on Information Technology: New Generations10.1109/ITNG.2013.105(680-685)Online publication date: 15-Apr-2013
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