AO4BPEL: An aspect-oriented extension to BPEL

World Wide Web

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 309-344

  Charfi, Anis ^a   Mezini, Mira ^a  

^a DARMSTADT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Aspect oriented programming; BPEL; Modularization; Separation of concerns; Web service composition; Workflow

Indexed keywords

ASPECT-ORIENTED PROGRAMMING; WEB SERVICE COMPOSITION; WORKFLOW;

DATA FLOW ANALYSIS; OBJECT ORIENTED PROGRAMMING; WEB SERVICES;

COMPUTER PROGRAMMING LANGUAGES;

EID: 34547806176     PISSN: 1386145X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11280-006-0016-3     Document Type: Article

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