Aspect weaving in standard Java class libraries

ABSTRACT

Aspect-oriented programming (AOP) has been successfully applied to application code thanks to techniques such as Java bytecode instrumentation. Unfortunately, with current technology, such as AspectJ, aspects cannot be woven into standard Java class libraries. This restriction is particularly unfortunate for aspects that would benefit from a complete bytecode coverage, such as profiling or debugging aspects. In this paper we present an adaptation of the popular AspectJ weaver that is able to weave aspects also into standard Java class libraries. We evaluate our approach with existing profiling aspects, which now cover all bytecode executing in the virtual machine. In addition, we present a new aspect for memory leak detection that also benefits from our approach.

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INDEX TERMS

Primary Classification:
  D. Software
  D.1 PROGRAMMING TECHNIQUES
      D.1.2 Automatic Programming

Additional Classification:
  D. Software
  D.2 SOFTWARE ENGINEERING
      D.2.8 Metrics
          Subjects: Performance measures
  D.3 PROGRAMMING LANGUAGES
      D.3.3 Language Constructs and Features

General Terms:
Algorithms, Languages, Measurement

Keywords:
aspect weaving, aspect-oriented programming, bytecode instrumentation, memory leak detection, profiling