Intensional changes: modularizing crosscutting features

Authors:
Peter Ebraert;Theo D'Hondt;Tim Molderez;Dirk Janssens
Affiliations:
Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels, Belgium;Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels, Belgium;Universiteit Antwerpen, Antwerpen;Universiteit Antwerpen, Antwerpen
Venue:
Proceedings of the 2010 ACM Symposium on Applied Computing
Year:
2010

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Abstract

Feature-oriented programming (FOP) targets the encapsulation of software building blocks as features which better match the specification of requirements. As a result, programmers find it easier to design and compose different variations of their systems. Change-based FOP (CFOP) proposes to specify features as sets of first-class change objects which can add, modify or delete building blocks to or from a software system. First, we show how CFOP supports the modularization of crosscutting functionality. Afterwards, we expose a weakness of CFOP which is a consequence from features holding extensional sets of changes. We elaborate on a solution for that weakness which is based on intensional changes: descriptions that can evaluate to an extension of changes.