Aspectual Connectors: Supporting the Seamless Integration of Aspects and ADLs
Abstract
With the emergence of Aspect-Oriented Software Development (AOSD), there is a need to understand the adequacy of Architecture Description Languages (ADLs) connection abstractions for capturing the crosscutting nature of some architectural concerns. In this paper, we present the Aspectual Connector (AC), a special kind of architectural connector, as the only necessary enhancement to an ADL in order to support a seamless integration of AOSD and Software Architecture. We also present AspectualACME, an extension to ACME that incorporates ACs and additional facilities to modularize architectural crosscutting concerns. We use a Web-based information system as the main case study.
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Published
2006-10-16
How to Cite
BATISTA, Thaís; CHAVEZ, Christina; GARCIA, Alessandro; KULESZA, Uirá; SANT’ANNA, Cláudio; LUCENA, Carlos.
Aspectual Connectors: Supporting the Seamless Integration of Aspects and ADLs. In: BRAZILIAN SYMPOSIUM ON SOFTWARE ENGINEERING (SBES), 20. , 2006, Florianópolis.
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Porto Alegre: Sociedade Brasileira de Computação,
2006
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p. 17-32.
ISSN 2833-0633.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5753/sbes.2006.21202.
