Chapter4.Principles and Design Rationale of Composition Filters

Chapter 4. Principles and Design Rationale of Composition Filters

LODEWIJK BERGMANS AND MEHMET AKIT

A wide range of aspect-oriented programming languages has appeared in the past years [7]. Current research on future generation AOP languages is addressing issues like flexibility, expressive power, and safety. We think that it is important to understand the motivations and design decisions of the first generation AOP languages. The Composition Filters model [4, 8, 12] is one example of such a first-generation AOP language. The goal of this chapter is two-fold: First, it aims to explain the principles of composition filters, in particular their aspect-oriented composition capabilities. Second, it aims to provide insight into the motivations and design rationale behind the composition filters model.