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A Multiparadigm Study of Crosscutting Modularity in Design Patterns

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Objects, Components, Models and Patterns (TOOLS EUROPE 2008)

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Design patterns provide solutions to recurring design problems in object-oriented programming. Design patterns typically crosscut class boundaries so previous work aimed at improving modularity of their implementations. A series of recent studies has focused on aspect-oriented programming while other crosscutting techniques such as collaboration-based designs have remained unexplored. In this paper, we address this limitation by presenting a qualitative case study based on the Gang-of-Four design patterns comparing and contrasting mechanisms of representative languages of collaboration-based designs (Jak) and aspect-oriented programming (AspectJ). Our work yields guidelines for using both paradigms when implementing design patterns exploiting their relative strengths.

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  1. School of Computer Science, University of Magdeburg,  

    Martin Kuhlemann & Marko Rosenmüller

  2. Department of Informatics and Mathematics, University of Passau,  

    Sven Apel

  3. Computing Laboratory, University of Oxford,  

    Roberto Lopez-Herrejon

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Kuhlemann, M., Apel, S., Rosenmüller, M., Lopez-Herrejon, R. (2008). A Multiparadigm Study of Crosscutting Modularity in Design Patterns. In: Paige, R.F., Meyer, B. (eds) Objects, Components, Models and Patterns. TOOLS EUROPE 2008. Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing, vol 11. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-69824-1_8

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