Modular Software Design with Crosscutting Interfaces

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January/February 2006 (vol. 23 no. 1)

pp. 51-60

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	William G. Griswold, Kevin Sullivan, Yuanyuan Song, Macneil Shonle, Nishit Tewari, Yuanfang Cai, Hridesh Rajan, "Modular Software Design with Crosscutting Interfaces," IEEE Software, vol. 23, no. 1, pp. 51-60, January/February, 2006.

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	@article{ 10.1109/MS.2006.24, author = {William G. Griswold and Kevin Sullivan and Yuanyuan Song and Macneil Shonle and Nishit Tewari and Yuanfang Cai and Hridesh Rajan}, title = {Modular Software Design with Crosscutting Interfaces}, journal ={IEEE Software}, volume = {23}, number = {1}, issn = {0740-7459}, year = {2006}, pages = {51-60}, doi = {http://doi.ieeecomputersociety.org/10.1109/MS.2006.24}, publisher = {IEEE Computer Society}, address = {Los Alamitos, CA, USA}, }

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William G. Griswold, University of California, San Diego

Kevin Sullivan, University of Virginia

Yuanyuan Song, University of Virginia

Macneil Shonle, University of California, San Diego

Nishit Tewari, University of Virginia

Yuanfang Cai, University of Virginia

Hridesh Rajan, Iowa State University

DOI Bookmark: http://doi.ieeecomputersociety.org/10.1109/MS.2006.24

Aspect-oriented programming languages such as AspectJ offer new mechanisms for decomposing systems into modules and composing modules into systems. Common ways of using these mechanisms couple aspects to complex, changeable implementation details, which can compromise modularity. The crosscut programming interface (XPI) can significantly improve modularity in the design of programs employing AspectJ-style AOP. The use of XPIs doesn't limit the use of existing AOP mechanisms or require new ones, and the approach appears to generalize to other languages.

This article is part of a special issue on aspect-oriented programming.

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aspect-oriented, preconditions, postconditions

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William G. Griswold, Kevin Sullivan, Yuanyuan Song, Macneil Shonle, Nishit Tewari, Yuanfang Cai, Hridesh Rajan, "Modular Software Design with Crosscutting Interfaces," IEEE Software, vol. 23, no. 1, pp. 51-60, Jan./Feb. 2006, doi:10.1109/MS.2006.24

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