Concepts and experiments in computational reflection
OOPSLA '87 Conference proceedings on Object-oriented programming systems, languages and applications
Monitoring, security, and dynamic configuration with the dynamicTAO reflective ORB
IFIP/ACM International Conference on Distributed systems platforms
Aspect-oriented programming using reflection and metaobject protocols
Communications of the ACM
Dynamic weaving for aspect-oriented programming
AOSD '02 Proceedings of the 1st international conference on Aspect-oriented software development
An aspect-oriented approach to dynamic adaptation
WOSS '02 Proceedings of the first workshop on Self-healing systems
JAC: A Flexible Solution for Aspect-Oriented Programming in Java
REFLECTION '01 Proceedings of the Third International Conference on Metalevel Architectures and Separation of Crosscutting Concerns
Self-adaptive multithreaded applications: a case for dynamic aspect weaving
ARM '05 Proceedings of the 4th workshop on Reflective and adaptive middleware systems
Reflection and aspects meet again: runtime reflective mechanisms for dynamic aspects
AOMD '05 Proceedings of the 1st workshop on Aspect oriented middleware development
An aspect-oriented approach to bypassing middleware layers
Proceedings of the 6th international conference on Aspect-oriented software development
Augmenting reflective middleware with an aspect orientation support layer
Proceedings of the 6th international workshop on Adaptive and reflective middleware: held at the ACM/IFIP/USENIX International Middleware Conference
The Design and Implementation of Open ORB 2
IEEE Distributed Systems Online
Deep middleware for the divergent Grid
Proceedings of the ACM/IFIP/USENIX 2005 International Conference on Middleware
A proactive middleware platform for mobile computing
Proceedings of the ACM/IFIP/USENIX 2003 International Conference on Middleware
True and transparent distributed composition of aspect-components
Proceedings of the ACM/IFIP/USENIX 2006 International Conference on Middleware
Managing concern interactions in middleware
DAIS'07 Proceedings of the 7th IFIP WG 6.1 international conference on Distributed applications and interoperable systems
Using AOP to customize a reflective middleware
OTM'05 Proceedings of the 2005 OTM Confederated international conference on On the Move to Meaningful Internet Systems: CoopIS, COA, and ODBASE - Volume Part II
Refactoring middleware with aspects
IEEE Transactions on Parallel and Distributed Systems
Augmenting reflective middleware with an aspect orientation support layer
Proceedings of the 6th international workshop on Adaptive and reflective middleware: held at the ACM/IFIP/USENIX International Middleware Conference
Mercury: a reflective middleware for automatic parallelization of Bags-of-Tasks
Proceedings of the 8th International Workshop on Adaptive and Reflective MIddleware
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The emergence of applications domains such as pervasive and autonomic computing has increased the need for customisation and dynamic adaptation of both distributed systems, and the underlying middleware platforms. Two highly complementary technologies have been advocated to meet these challenges, namely: aspect oriented programming (AOP) and reflective middleware. However, these have so far been considered in isolation, or typically target a particular middleware challenge e.g. using aspects to customise a middleware implementation; or using reflection (or dynamic AOP) to alter runtime behaviour. We believe that in combination these technologies better support the engineering of dynamic distributed systems. In this paper, we explore how aspects and reflection have been utilised in both the programming language and middleware communities; building upon this work, we identify four core relationships that form the basis of our model for aspect-oriented reflective middleware. We then explore the potential of this model to i) increase support for the engineering of dynamic reconfigurations, and ii) improve the performance of adaptive systems.