Towards a Taxonomy of Aspect-Oriented Programming.

<p>As programs continue to increase in size, it has become increasingly difficult to separate concerns into well localized modules, which leads to code tangling- crosscutting code spread throughout several modules. Thus, Aspect-Oriented Programming (AOP) offers a solution to creating modules with little or no crosscutting concerns. AOP presents the notion of aspects, and demonstrates how crosscutting concerns can be taken out of modules and placed into a centralized location.</p><p>In this paper, a taxonomy of aspect-oriented programming, as well as a basic overview and introduction of AOP, will be presented in order to assist future researchers in getting started on additional research on the topic. To form the taxonomy, over four-hundred research articles were organized into fifteen different primary categories coupled with sub-categories, which shows where some of the past research has been focused. In addition, trends of the research were evaluated and paths for future exploration are suggested.</p>

Name thesis:degree_name

MS (Master of Science)

Level thesis:degree_level

Thesis - unrestricted

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Computer and Information Science

Year dc:date.issued

2003

Author dc:creator

• Hankerson, Mario Bernard

• Join Points
• Crosscutting Concerns
• Separation of Concerns
• Taxonomy
• Weaving
• Object-Oriented Programming
• Concerns
• Components
• OOP
• Post-Object Programming
• POP
• Aspect-Oriented Programming
• Aspects
• AOP
• Computer Sciences
• Physical Sciences and Mathematics

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• Copyright by the authors.

Repository record dc:identifier

https://dc.etsu.edu/etd/851

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:dc.etsu.edu:etd-2008