Typical problems of a requirements document, regarding its contents and organization, involve deficient modularization where requirements artifacts may deal with too much information, duplication of requirements, scattering requirements, tangled problems, among other problems. In this paper we describe how to improve requirements documents by removing duplication of information using aspect-ori...

We propose a dynamic slicing algorithm to compute the slices of aspect-oriented programs. We use a dependence based intermediate program representation called Aspect System Dependence Graph (AOSG) to represent aspect-oriented programs. Then, we propose the dynamic slicing algorithm for AOPs, which is an extended version of EMDS algorithm for object-oriented programs. Our algorithm is based on m...

In this paper we argue for the need for research in the area of aspect mining, covering concepts, principles, methods and tools supporting the identification of aspects in objectoriented software systems as well as the subsequent refactoring of such systems in aspect-oriented systems. We give an overview of the state of the art in this area which shows some of the research directions that have ...

A diversity of methods to software architecture evaluation has been proposed, aiming at the quality of software systems. Efforts to identify, analyse and compare these methods can be also found. However, a more recent study has not been conducted. Thus, in this paper, we aim at identifying methods to evaluate recent and specific architectures — reference architectures, service-oriented architec...

This paper proposes that the distinguishing characteristic of Aspect-Oriented Programming (AOP) systems is that they allow programming by making quantified programmatic assertions over programs written by programmers oblivious to such assertions. Thus, AOP systems can be analyzed with respect to three critical dimensions: the kinds of quantifications allowed, the nature of the actions that can ...

There are many approaches to utilizing aspect-oriented (AO) languages and techniques for the purpose of introducing security into applications. The cross-cutting nature of security has been well documented and therefore the benefit of implementing security using AO techniques logically follows. Authentication, authorization, auditing, logging, etc. are obvious activities that can easily be intr...

Threshold of software metrics can be used as indicators to identify possible anomalies in software. Aspect-Oriented (AO) Programming is a new programming paradigm that solved the crosscutting problem by decomposes the crosscutting concern in aspect module. Establishing the threshold of AO software metrics in order to identify anomalies in AO software is necessary. The Gang-of-Four (GoF) pattern...

Aspect-oriented software development still lacks practical evidence. While aspects are claimed to be useful in adapting existing applications there is also first evidence that they might themselves be re-usable. We present results from two case studies with the aspect-oriented programming language ObjectTeams/Java that investigate the re-usability of aspects in developing a security framework. ...

Abstract As a solution to eliminating component mismatches, this paper presents a generative aspect oriented approach to component adaptation. The approach enjoys high level of automation and capability of deep level adaptation, which is achieved in an aspect-oriented component adaptation framework by generating and then applying the adaptation aspects under designed weaving process. The aspect...

Aspect-Oriented Programming is known as a technique for modularizing crosscutting concerns. However, constructs aimed to support crosscutting modularity might actually break class modularity. This can be mitigated by using adequate Design Rules between classes and aspects. We present a language that supports most of the Design Rules found in AO Systems, making easy to express and verify them au...