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L: context-oriented programming with only layers

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Robert Hirschfeld,

Hidehiko Masuhara,

Atsushi IgarashiAuthors Info & Claims

COP '13: Proceedings of the 5th ACM International Workshop on Context-Oriented Programming

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https://doi.org/10.1145/2489793.2489797

Published: 02 July 2013 Publication History

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Most if not all extensions to object-oriented languages that allow for context-oriented programming (COP) are asymmetric in the sense that they assume a base implementation of a system to be composed into classes and a set of layers to provide behavioral variations applied to those classes at run-time. We propose L as an experimental language to further explore the design space for COP languages. In this position paper we talk about first steps towards the unification of classes and layers and with that the removal of the asymmetry in composition mechanisms of contemporary COP implementations.

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Index Terms

L: context-oriented programming with only layers
1. Software and its engineering
  1. Software notations and tools
    1. General programming languages
      1. Language types
        Object oriented languages

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Bodei CDegano PGalletta LSalvatori F(2016)Context-aware securityJournal of Computer Security10.3233/JCS-16055124:4(427-477)Online publication date: 1-Jan-2016
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.3233/JCS-160551
Basile DGalletta LMezzetti G(2015)Safe Adaptation Through Implicit Effect CoercionProgramming Languages with Applications to Biology and Security10.1007/978-3-319-25527-9_10(122-141)Online publication date: 20-Nov-2015
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-25527-9_10
Degano PFerrari GGalletta L(2014)A Two-Phase Static Analysis for Reliable AdaptationSoftware Engineering and Formal Methods10.1007/978-3-319-10431-7_28(347-362)Online publication date: 2014
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-10431-7_28

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