Groovy AOP: a dynamic AOP system for a JVM-based language

Authors:
Chanwit Kaewkasi;John R. Gurd
Affiliations:
University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom;University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom
Venue:
Proceedings of the 2008 AOSD workshop on Software engineering properties of languages and aspect technologies
Year:
2008

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Abstract

Groovy AOP is a general-purpose AOP system for Groovy, a JVM-based dynamic language. Groovy AOP provides a hybrid dynamic AOP implementation based on both meta-programming and bytecode transformation. It implements the pointcut-advice model of AspectJ. Based on Groovy syntax, Groovy AOP introduces a domain-specific language for declaration of aspects, pointcut expressions, and advice. At runtime, it utilises the dynamic compilation capability of the JVM to convert advice codes woven by meta-programming into bytecodes. Preliminary results show that this dynamic weaving technique preserves the nature of a dynamic language, while reducing runtime overheads.