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An Identification and Specification Method of Crosscutting Concerns based on Goal-Scenario Modeling for Aspect-Oriented Software Development  

Kim, Sun-Hwa (서강대학교 컴퓨터학과)
Kim, Min-Seong (서강대학교 컴퓨터학과)
Park, Soo-Yong (서강대학교 컴퓨터학과)
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Journal of KIISE:Software and Applications / v.35, no.7, 2008 , pp. 424-430 More about this Journal
Abstract
Identifying crosscutting concerns during requirements engineering phase is one of the most essential parts in Aspect-Oriented Software Development. Considering crosscutting concerns in the earlier phase of the development improves consistency among requirements so that it can help maintain software systems efficiently and effectively. It also provides a systematic way to manage requirements changes by supporting traceability throughout the software lifecycle. Thus, identifying tangled and scattered concerns, and encapsulating them into separate entities must be addressed from the early phase of the development. To do so, first, functional and non-functional concerns must be clearly separated. Second, a pointcut where a main concern meets crosscutting concerns should be defined and specified precisely. Third, it is required to detect conflicts being occurred during composition of crosscutting concerns from the earlier phase. Therefore, this paper proposes a systematic approach to identifying and specifying crosscutting concerns using goal-scenario based requirements analysis. And we demonstrate the applicability of the approach by applying it into the intelligent service robot system.
Keywords
Aspect; Crosscutting concerns; Goal; Scenario;
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