Bridging Java and AspectJ through explicit join points
Kevin J. Hoffman, Patrick Th. Eugster · 2007
Through AspectJ, aspect-oriented programming (AOP) is becoming of increasing interest and availability to Java programmers as it matures as a methodology for improved software modularity via the separation of cross-cutting concerns. AOP proponents often advocate a development strategy where Java programmers write the main application, ignoring cross-cutting concerns, and then AspectJ programmers, domain experts in their specific concerns, weave in the logic for these more specialized cross-cutting concerns. However, several authors have recently debated the merits of this strategy by empirically showing certain drawbacks. The proposed solutions paint a different development strategy where base code and aspect programmers are aware of each other (to varying degrees) and interactions between cross-cutting concerns are planned for early on.