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Implementing Product-Line Features by Composing Aspects

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Software Product Lines

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Emerging e-commerce systems are highly dynamic and require even more flexibility and reduced time to market than that traditionally provided by product-line development and component-based software engineering (CBSE). In this paper we describe our work on agent-based, product-line CBSE for flexible e-commerce systems. We are integrating several technologies for product-line analysis and component design, implementation, and customization to create a basis for systematic product-line development. Largely independent work on reuse (“domain analysis”) and object-oriented technology (“design and code”) has matured to the degree that integration of the techniques promises a coherent approach. We outline a practical development process that structures a set of common and variable features supporting a product line, to produce reusable elements (“aspects”). These aspects can be combined into customized components and frameworks to support the product line.

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Griss, M.L. (2000). Implementing Product-Line Features by Composing Aspects. In: Donohoe, P. (eds) Software Product Lines. The Springer International Series in Engineering and Computer Science, vol 576. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-4339-8_15

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