Language-Independent Quantification and Weaving for Feature Composition

Stefan Boxleitner, Sven Apel, Christian Kästner. Language-Independent Quantification and Weaving for Feature Composition. In Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Software Composition (SC). Volume 5634 of Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Springer Berlin Heidelberg, JUL 2009. [doi]

Abstract

Based on a general model of feature composition, we present a composition language that enables programmers by means of quantification and weaving to formulate extensions to programs written in different languages. We explore the design space of composition languages that rely on quantification and weaving and discuss our choices. We outline a tool that extends an existing infrastructure for feature composition and discuss results of three initial case studies.