Test-based pointcuts for robust and fine-grained join point specification

7th International Conference on Aspect-Oriented Software Development, AOSD.08 - Research Track Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 96-107

  Sakurai, Kouhei ^a   Masuhara, Hidehiko ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

aspect oriented programming language; fragile pointcut problem; test based pointcuts; unit test cases

Indexed keywords

APPLICATION PROGRAMS; ASPECT-J; ASPECT-ORIENTED PROGRAMMING LANGUAGES; CONDITIONAL BRANCH; FINE GRAINED; JOIN POINT; POINTCUT; RUN-TIME EFFICIENCY; RUN-TIME EXECUTION; SOFTWARE EVOLUTION; UNIT TESTS;

C (PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE); COMPUTER SOFTWARE; COMPUTER SYSTEMS PROGRAMMING; LINGUISTICS; OBJECT ORIENTED PROGRAMMING; PROBLEM ORIENTED LANGUAGES; QUERY LANGUAGES; SOFTWARE DESIGN;

TESTING;

EID: 67249150400     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1353482.1353494     Document Type: Conference Paper

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