Using aspects and dynamic composition to provide context-aware adaptation for mobile applications

ABSTRACT

Mobile systems characterize by dynamic environments, thus requiring adaptive and context aware mechanisms to perceive changes in the execution context and to dynamically adapt to them. We propose a framework for developing adaptive context aware applications which employs aspect-oriented techniques and dynamic composition to modularize the adaptive behavior and to keep apart the application logic from this behavior.

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INDEX TERMS

Primary Classification:
  D. Software
  D.2 SOFTWARE ENGINEERING
      D.2.1 Requirements/Specifications

General Terms:
Design, Languages, Management, Performance

Keywords:
aspect oriented software development, mobile computing