Automated refactorings may change the program behavior. We propose an approach and its
implementation called SafeRefactor for making program refactoring safer. We applied 10 …

Currently most developers have to apply manual steps and use test suites to improve
confidence that transformations applied to object-oriented (OO) and aspect-oriented (AO) …

Background: Programming language design is not usually informed by empirical studies. In
other fields similar problems have inspired an evidence-based paradigm of practice. Such a …

With system development becoming increasingly incremental, software reuse and stability
stand out as two of the most desirable attributes of high-quality software. In this context, a …

Every new programming technique makes claims that software engineers want to hear.
Such is the case with aspect-oriented programming (AOP). This paper describes a quasi …

BACKGROUND: Aspect-Oriented Software Development (AOSD) is a paradigm that
promotes advanced separation of concerns and modularity throughout the software …

In this paper, we present the birth, growth, and maturation of Aspect-Oriented Software
Development (AOSD) research over the last years, with emphasis on the Brazilian AOSD …

Developers may refactor part of the object-oriented (OO) code into aspects in order to
improve modularity. However, since most refactoring tools have a limited or no support for …

Measurement of exception-handling code: An exploratory study Page 1 Measurement of
Exception-Handling Code: An Exploratory Study Keith O Dúlaigh, James F. Power Dept. of …

In this paper we describe a study whose goal is to answer the question:“Is exception
handling a reusable aspect”? To this end, we have systematically attempted to reuse …