Structuring extensions in system infrastructure software using aspects

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dc.contributor.authorBaldwin, Jennifer Ellen
dc.contributor.supervisorCoady, Yvonne
dc.date.accessioned2006-09-28
dc.date.available2006-09-28
dc.date.copyright2006en
dc.date.issued2006-09-28
dc.degree.departmentDept. of Computer Scienceen
dc.degree.levelMaster of Science M.Sc.en
dc.description.abstractMany significant system extensions are hard to modularize. Consequently, their addition to a software system can jeopardize fundamental software engineering principles such as maintainability, understandability and evolvability. For example, the distributed Java Virtual Machine (dJVM) is a cluster aware implementation of a JVM in which distribution was retroactively added as an extension to an existing system. The prototype implementation of the dJVM relies on a patch file applied to IBM’s Jikes Research Virtual Machine (RVM), introducing distribution code into roughly 55% of the original 1166 Java files. In order to better determine the efficacy of modern modularization techniques such as aspect-oriented programming (AOP) in the context of system extensions, we offer up a case study based on distribution. The thesis of this work is that aspects can enhance extensibility of low-level system infrastructure software and be effectively integrated with existing software practices for introducing widespread change.en
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dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1828/112
dc.languageEnglisheng
dc.language.isoenen
dc.rights.tempAvailable to the World Wide Weben
dc.subjectDistributionen
dc.subjectAspect-Oriented Programmingen
dc.subjectPatchen
dc.subjectJava Virtual Machineen
dc.subject.lcshComputer Scienceen
dc.titleStructuring extensions in system infrastructure software using aspectsen
dc.typeThesisen

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