An Aspect-to-Class Advising Architecture Based on XML in Aspect Oriented Programming

In aspect oriented programming, cross-cutting concerns are represented as aspects. These aspects can advise classes as well as other aspects. This paper defines an XML schema to express aspect information for the aspects advising classes. Defining such schema provides a platform that is implementation independent and can be used for further research like aspect weaver development. In aspect weaving, conflicts amongst aspects may arise while advising classes. This paper proposes a solution that resolves aspect conflicts related to pre-compilation weaving. Two weaving algorithms based upon the proposed solution are also developed and explained. 1