PacoSuite and JAsCo: a visual component composition environment with advanced aspect separation features

Authors:
Wim Vanderperren;Davy Suvée;Bart Wydaeghe;Viviane Jonckers
Affiliations:
Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussel, Belgium;Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussel, Belgium;Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussel, Belgium;Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussel, Belgium
Venue:
FASE'03 Proceedings of the 6th international conference on Fundamental approaches to software engineering
Year:
2003

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Abstract

This paper presents the visual component composition environment called PacoSuite and the tools needed for the JAsCo aspect-oriented programming language. PacoSuite allows plug-and-play component composition without in-depth technical knowledge of the components. PacoSuite uses three constructs: components, composition patterns and composition adapters. A composition pattern is an abstract and reusable description of a collaboration between components. A composition adapter on the other hand, describes transformations of a composition of components and is used to modularize crosscutting concerns. A composition adapter is able to have an implementation in the JAsCo language in order to invasively alter components. Compatibility of a given collaboration is checked using finite automaton theory and the glue-code to make the composition work is generated automatically.