When using Aspect Oriented Programming in the development of software components, a
developer must understand the program units actually changed by weaving, how they …

Support for dynamic and client-specific customization is required in many application areas.
We present a (distributed) application as consisting of a minimal functional core …

In this paper we present PROSE, a system that performs reversible and systematic changes
to running Java applications without requiring them to be shut down. PROSE is motivated by …

The claimed Subject matter provides a system and/or a method that facilitates creating a
composite application. A model architecture component can model a business rule utilizing …

Abstract Dynamic AOP (Aspect-Oriented Programming) is receiving growing interests in both
the academia and the industry. Since it allows weaving aspects with a program at runtime, it …

Recently, a new set of software development techniques has become available, collectively
termed Aspect-Oriented Software Development (AOSD). This aims to support the …

Abstract Container technology (eg, Enterprise Java Beans) was designed for fixed network
applications. This is unfortunate, because the ability of containers to adapt components …

When different clients, each with their own individual customization requirements, use the
same system simultaneously, the system must dynamically adapt its behavior on a per client …

Distributed systems are commonly required to be flexible and scalable, as the number and
arrangement of their (potentially mobile) devices may easily change. Security in distributed …

Mass customization has profoundly changed the way in which products are manufactured
and sold to customers. For example, cars, personal computers, mobile phones, refrigerators …