Object-oriented transformations for extracting aspects

Information and Software Technology

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 138-149

  Malta, Marcelo Nassau ^a   de Oliveira Valente, Marco Tulio ^a  

^a PONTIFICAL CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Aspect oriented programming; Program transformation; Refactoring; Software evolution

Indexed keywords

ASPECT TECHNOLOGIES; ASPECT-ORIENTED PROGRAMMING; ASPECTJ; CASE STUDIES; DESCRIPTOR MODELS; OBJECT-ORIENTED; POINTCUT; PROGRAM TRANSFORMATION; REFACTORING; SOFTWARE EVOLUTION;

CODES (SYMBOLS);

EID: 56649108230     PISSN: 09505849     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.infsof.2008.02.001     Document Type: Article

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