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Acceptance tests 2nd
Active code generators
     benefits, example of
     boilerplate code, J2EE projects
     capabilities
     defined
     elements of
     metadata
     pattern template
     project agility
     rapid development, as tool for
     success factors
Activity diagrams
Actors 2nd
Ada
Adaptive foundation
     benefits
     best practices and techniques 2nd 3rd
     change, impact of
     defined
     investment concerns
     methodologies, as definitive key [See also Methodologies]
     rapid development and 2nd
     requirements 2nd
Adaptive methods [See also Iterative development]
Advice
Aggregation
Agile Database Techniques (Ambler)
Agile DBA
Agile methods [See also XP (Extreme Programming)]
Agile Modeling process
Agile movement 2nd 3rd
Agility
Ambler, Scott 2nd
AndroMDA
     Ant build files 2nd
     cartridges, pluggable MDA 2nd
     code generation
     deployment descriptors
     development of
     download site
     handwritten code, safeguarding
     MDA process with
     Poseidon plug-in
     prototyping with
     reverse engineering, PSM to PIM
     stereotypes
     templates 2nd 3rd
     test cases, generating
     Velocity and XDoclet, use with 2nd
     version 3.0
     VTL scripting objects
     XML Metadata Interchange (XMI) format 2nd
Annotations
Ant tasks
Antgraph
Apache
Apache Ant. [See also Build process]
     Ant tasks
     Antgraph
     build dependencies
     conditional build dependencies
     crossplatform support
     delegate-out versus include-type functionality
     delegating build file
     IDE integration 2nd
     Jython, extending with
     key features
     project directory structure
     subprojects, working with
     target-naming conventions
     XML-based syntax, use of
Apache Axis
Apache Struts 2nd
Apache Tomcat 2nd
Apache Velocity
     AndroMDA, use with 2nd 3rd
     code wizard, example
     data mapping, with code generator
     directives, VTL
     Middlegen
     output generated
     references, VTL
     template, defining
     uses
Application layer
Architect
     ideal
     job of
Architectural significance
Architecture
     composition and aggregation
     defined
     delivery timeframes
     distributed [See also Distributed computing]
     multiple views of
     multitier 2nd
     overengineering solutions 2nd
     prototyping
     RAD, designing for [See also RAD, architecture and design]
     software reuse
     system traits
     UML diagrams 2nd
     versus design
     view types
Architecture. [See also EJB architecture]
ArcStyler
ArgoUML
Aspect-oriented middleware 2nd
Aspect-oriented programming (AOP)
     adoption strategies
     advice
     aspects
     aspects and classes, relationship between
     benefits
     crosscutting concerns, modularizing
     framework implementations, listed
     hunchbacks and dragons allegory
     join points
     language versus framework
     MDA and
     pointcut designators
     pointcuts
     weaving
     weaving methods
Aspect-oriented programming (AOP). 2nd 3rd [See also Crosscutting concerns] [See also AspectJ] [See also AspectWerkz]
Aspect-Oriented Programming: A Critical Analysis of a New Programming Paradigm (Highley)
AspectJ
     AOP paradigm, first implementation of 2nd
     compiler
     Eclipse and 2nd 3rd
     example
     language-based approach 2nd
     plug-ins available
     pointcut designators
     weaving methods supported
AspectJ Development Tool (AJDT) 2nd
Aspects
AspectWerkz
     aspect-oriented middleware
     AspectJ, compared 2nd
     framework-based approach
     Metadata annotations
     metadata annotations, as aspects 2nd
     offline and online modes
     pointcut designators
     weaving options
     XML aspect definition files 2nd
Attribute-oriented programming
     .NET platform support
     attributes, defined
     code, annotation with attributes
     J2SE 5.0 annotations
     JSR-175, A Metadata Facility for the Java Programming Language
     JSR-181, Web Services Metadata for the Java Platform
     metadata facility example
     Microsoft platform support
     preprocessor directives
     runtime attributes
    XDoclet. [See XDoclet]
Automated testing. [See also HttpUnit API]
     acceptance tests
     costs
     functional tests
     J2EE challenges
     open source tools, listed
     reusability, of test scripts
     tool categories
Automatic deployment
Avitek Medical Records (MedRec) example