Flexible metaprogramming and AOP in Java

Science of Computer Programming

Volumn 72, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 22-30

  Tanter, Éric ^a   Toledo, Rodolfo ^a   Pothier, Guillaume ^a   Noyé, Jacques ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

^b ECOLE DES MINES DE NANTES   (France)

Author keywords

Aspect oriented programming; Java; Metaprogramming; Reflection; Reflex

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER PROGRAMMING LANGUAGES; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; MODULAR CONSTRUCTION; SOFTWARE ENGINEERING; TECHNOLOGY;

ASPECT ORIENTED PROGRAMMING (AOP); COMPUTATIONAL REFLECTION; ELSEVIER (CO); FINE GRAINED CONTROL; META PROGRAMMING; MODULARIZATION; PARTIAL REFLECTION; PROGRAMMING TECHNIQUES; UNIFORM MODEL;

REFLECTION;

EID: 45849120956     PISSN: 01676423     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scico.2007.10.005     Document Type: Article

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