NDLI: Model-driven development versus aspect-oriented programming a case study

Content Provider	IEEE Xplore Digital Library
Author	Hohenstein, Uwe Elsner, Christoph
Copyright Year	2014
Description	Author affiliation: Siemens AG, Corporate Technology, Otto-Hahn-Ring 6, D-81730 Muenchen, Germany (Hohenstein, Uwe) \|\| Siemens AG, Corporate Technology, Wladimirstr 3, D-91058 Erlangen, Germany (Elsner, Christoph)
Abstract	This case study compares two different technologies - model-driven development (MDD) and aspect-oriented programming (AOP) - both trying to avoid redundant code, but with very different approaches. A real industrial software system, the OpenSOA platform, which had already applied a model-driven XML/XSL-T approach, is used as the basis for implementation and comparison. For evaluation purpose, we have re-implemented the XSL-T implemented logic with a corresponding AOP implementation in AspectJ. Taking into account several criteria, our case study indicates that the AOP implementation reveals its strengths in avoiding redundancy, better testability, and understandability. However, more advanced tooling could significantly improve the position of MDD for the latter. MDD is in turn the more flexible approach, allowing generation of arbitrary artefacts the design demands. As the main issue of the case study, to generate wrapper classes and boilerplate-code, is rather common, we believe that our results have potential to be transferred to other problem settings. Furthermore, we think that our evaluation criteria will help guiding others in making technology choices. We also give an outlook on how combinations of MDD and AOP may leverage the best of both worlds.
Starting Page	133
Ending Page	144
File Size	338426
Page Count	12
File Format	PDF
ISBN	9789897580796
Language	English
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Publisher Date	2014-08-29
Publisher Place	Austria
Access Restriction	Subscribed
Rights Holder	SCITEPRESS
Subject Keyword	Context Java AOP Databases XML XSL-T Documentation Programming MDD Aspectj Business Case Study
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article

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