What are the key issues for commercial AOP use: how does AspectWerkz address them?

ABSTRACT

AspectWerkz is a framework targeted towards dynamic aspect-oriented programming (AOP) in commercial applications. Based on our experience designing and supporting AspectWerkz, we have identified what we believe are key issues for the commercial adoption of AOP. These are usability, agility, integration, expressiveness, performance, tool support and the concept of an aspect container that manages issues like security, isolation, visibility, deployment and manageability for the aspects. This invited talk will discuss these issues and how AspectWerkz tries to address them.

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INDEX TERMS

Keywords:
AOP, AOSD, aspect-oriented programming, dynamic AOP