When to use features and aspects?: a case study

Authors:
Sven Apel;Don Batory
Affiliations:
University of Magdeburg, Germany;University of Texas at Austin
Venue:
Proceedings of the 5th international conference on Generative programming and component engineering
Year:
2006

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Abstract

Aspect-Oriented Programming (AOP) and Feature-Oriented Programming (FOP) are complementary technologies that can be combined to overcome their individual limitations. Aspectual Mixin Layers (AML) is a representative approach that unifies AOP and FOP. We use AML in a non-trivial case study to create a product line of overlay networks. We also present a set of guidelines to assist programmers in how and when to use AOP and FOP techniques for implementing product lines in a stepwise and generative manner.