A comparison of program generation with aspect-oriented programming

Authors:
Mira Mezini;Klaus Ostermann
Affiliations:
Darmstadt University of Technology, Germany;Darmstadt University of Technology, Germany
Venue:
UPP'04 Proceedings of the 2004 international conference on Unconventional Programming Paradigms
Year:
2004

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Abstract

Program generation and transformation techniques have gained considerable attention in the context of domain-specific languages (DSLs) and model-driven architecture (MDA). In this paper we compare domain-specific program generators with general-purpose aspect-oriented languages. We argue that program generation techniques have severe disadvantages with respect to composability, scalability, understandability, and other important software engineering issues. Finally, we advocate general-purpose aspect-oriented languages as an alternative for the implementation of domain-specific languages.