Language support for feature mixing

Achermann, Franz (June 2000). Language support for feature mixing. In: Workshop on Multi-Dimensional Separation of Concerns in Software Engineering (ICSE 2000). IEEE

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Object oriented languages cannot express certain composition abstractions due to restricted abstraction power. A number of approaches, like SOP or AOP overcome this restriction, thus giving the programmer more possibilities to get a higher degree of separation of concern. We propose \emphforms, extensible mappings from labels to values, as vehicle to implement and reason about composition abstractions. Forms unify a variety of concepts such as interfaces, environments, and contexts. We are prototyping a composition language where forms are the only and ubiquitous first class value. Using forms, it is possible compose software artifacts focusing on a single concern and thus achieve a high degree of separation of concern. We believe that using forms it also possible to compare and reason about the different composition mechanisms proposed.

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