ABSTRACT Reflective Layer Activation in ContextL

Expressing layer dependencies in Context-oriented Programming is cumbersome because until now no facility has been introduced to control the activation and deactivation of layers. This paper presents a novel reflective interface that provides such control without compromising efficiency. This allows expressing complex application-defined dependencies between layers where the activation or deactivation of a layer requires the activation or deactivation of another one. The activation or deactivation of specific layers can also be prohibited based on application-defined conditions