NDLI: Crosscutting patterns and design stability: An exploratory analysis

Content Provider	IEEE Xplore Digital Library
Author	Figueiredo, E. Silva, B. Sant'Anna, C. Garcia, A. Whittle, J. Nunes, D.
Copyright Year	2009
Description	Author affiliation: Computer Science Department, Federal University of Bahia (UFBA), Brazil (Sant'Anna, C.) \|\| Institute of Informatics, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil (Silva, B.; Nunes, D.) \|\| Software Engineering Laboratory, Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (Garcia, A.) \|\| Computing Department, Lancaster University, United Kingdom (Figueiredo, E.; Whittle, J.)
Abstract	It is often claimed that inaccurate modularisation of crosscutting concerns hinders program comprehension and, as a consequence, leads to harmful software instabilities. However, recent studies have pointed out that crosscutting concerns are not always harmful to design stability. Hence, software maintainers would benefit from well documented patterns of crosscutting concerns and a better understanding about their actual impact on design stability. This paper presents a catalogue of crosscutting concern patterns recurrently observed in software systems. These patterns are described and classified based on an intuitive vocabulary that facilitates their recognition by software engineers. We analysed instances of the crosscutting patterns in object-oriented and aspect-oriented versions of three evolving programs. The outcomes of our exploratory evaluation indicated that: (i) a certain category of crosscutting patterns seems to be good indicator of harmful instabilities, and (ii) aspect-oriented solutions were unable to modularise concerns matching some crosscutting patterns.
Starting Page	138
Ending Page	147
File Size	360932
Page Count	10
File Format	PDF
ISBN	9781424439980
ISSN	10636897
DOI	10.1109/ICPC.2009.5090037
Language	English
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Publisher Date	2009-05-17
Publisher Place	Canada
Access Restriction	Subscribed
Rights Holder	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Subject Keyword	Computer science Software maintenance Vocabulary Laboratories Scattering Software systems Stability analysis Pattern analysis Informatics Software engineering
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article

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