A Dynamic Aspect Weaver over the.NET Platform

Abstract

Since Aspect Oriented Software Development (AOSD) has appeared, a set of tools have been developed that enable its use at software development. On many occasions, applications must be capable of adapting to runtime emerging requirements. This is possible through the use of dynamic weaving tools. However, these tools are subject to limitations such as language dependency or a limited set of join points, which limit their utility. This paper shows the research we are carrying out in the dynamic weaving field. We apply computational reflection at the virtual machine computational level in order to achieve dynamic weaving regardless of the language. We have selected the .NET system as the platform to develop our dynamic weaver, making possible the dynamic adaptation of platform-independent applications. © Springer-Verlag 2004.