When to use features and aspects?: A case study

Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Generative Programming and Component Engineering, GPCE'06

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 59-68

  Apel, Sven ^a   Batory, Don ^b  

^a OTTO VON GUERICKE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

Author keywords

Aspect oriented programming; Collaboration based design; Crosscutting; Feature oriented programming; Separation of concerns; Software product lines; Stepwise development

Indexed keywords

ASPECT ORIENTED PROGRAMMING; COLLABORATION ASED DESIGN; CROSSCUTTING; FEATURE ORIENTED PROGRAMMING; SEPARATION OF CONCERNS; SOFTWARE PRODUCT LINES; STEPWISE DEVELOPMENT;

COMPUTER NETWORKS; PROBLEM SOLVING; SOFTWARE ENGINEERING;

OBJECT ORIENTED PROGRAMMING;

EID: 34547482443     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1173706.1173716     Document Type: Conference Paper

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