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Analyzing Exceptions for Embedded System Software Development using Aspect Oriented Programming  

Ju, Jae-Ho (삼성전자 무선사업부)
Kim, Tae-Hyung (한양대학교 컴퓨터공학부)
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Journal of KIISE:Computing Practices and Letters / v.15, no.5, 2009 , pp. 355-359 More about this Journal
Abstract
When an unexpected software exception arises, we programmers are to analyze what causes it. Precisely speaking, we need to analyze the cause and property of the unexpected exception. But if exceptions arise irregularly from unknown causes, it is even more difficult for us to handle them, especially in embedded system like mobile phone software development. In this paper, we propose a debugger-friendly analyzing method for exceptions using aspect oriented programming technique. What we need to know upon arising exceptions is the function call history in order to identify the reason for the exceptions. Since programmers used to spend their debugging time on unidentified exceptions, which arise irregularly our method would greatly improve the embedded software development productivity.
Keywords
Aspect Oriented Programming; Exception Analysis; Exception Handling; Embedded Software Development;
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