A join point model for fine-grained aspects
Ulises Juárez-Martínez, José Oscar Olmedo-Aguirre · 2008
Crosscutting concerns, defined at the finest level of granularity for statements and expressions, considerably improves expressiveness of pointcut descriptions, making possible to address applications that cannot be approached otherwise. In this paper is introduced a join point model for fine-grained aspects based on path expressions defined upon the Abstract Syntax Tree of the method body. The model includes local variable crosscutting for getting and setting values within an expression. We show the capabilities of this model for an annotation processing concern.