Une extension de Fractal pour l'AOP

National audienceNous présentons dans ce papier une manière originale de représenter les préoccupations transverses au sein d'une architecture à base de composants Fractal sous forme de liaison que nous nommons liaison transverse. Cette liaison permet de représenter de manière claire les intéractions entre composants et composants d'aspect qui incarnent les préoccupations transverses. Chaque préoccupation tissée à l'architecture logicielle modifie la structure en introduisant un nouveau composite contenant le composant d'aspect et l'ensemble des composants concerné par la coupe qui sont alors partagés dans ce nouveau composite. Notre représentation par liaison du tissage nous permet d'offrir une API d'introspection de coupe suffisament riche pour donner différentes vues sur l'ensemble des coupes s'appliquant sur une application

A Component-Based and Aspect-Oriented Model for Software Evolution

International audienceComponent-Based Software Development (CBSD) and Aspect-Oriented Software Development (AOSD) are solutions to support software evolution by decomposing a software system into concerns. In this article, we propose Fractal Aspect Component (FAC), a general and symmetrical model for components and aspects. FAC decomposes a software system into regular components and aspect components which embody crosscutting concerns. We reify the relationship between an aspect component and a component, called an aspect binding, as a first-class runtime entity. The evolution of the system can be expressed by adding or removing components (aspect or regular) and by setting bindings (regular or crosscutting)

Using Attribute-Oriented Programming to Leverage Fractal-Based Developments

International audienceThis paper presents the Fraclet annotation framework. The goal of Fraclet is to leverage Component-Based Software Engineering based on the Fractal component model using Attribute-Oriented Programming. We show that, using Fraclet, about 50% of the handwritten program code can be saved without loosing the semantics of the application, while the rest of the program code is automatically generated

Enabling Context-Aware Web Services: A Middleware Approach for Ubiquitous Environments

In ubiquitous environments, mobile applications should sense and react to environmental changes to provide a better user experience. In order to deal with these concerns, Service-Oriented Architectures (SOA) provide a solution allowing applications to interact with the services available in their surroundings. In particular, context-aware Web Services can adapt their behavior considering the user context. However, the limited resources of mobile devices restrict the adaptation degree. Furthermore, the diverse nature of context information makes difficult its retrieval, processing and distribution. To tackle these challenges, we present the CAPPUCINO platform for executing context-aware Web Services in ubiquitous environments. In particular, in this chapter we focus on the middleware part that is built as an autonomic control loop that deals with dynamic adaptation. In this autonomic loop we use FraSCAti, an implementation of the Service Component Architecture (SCA) specification, as the execution kernel for Web Services. The context distribution is achieved with SPACES, a flexible solution based on REST (REpresentational State Transfer ) principles and benefiting from the COSMOS (COntext entitieS coMpositiOn and Sharing ) context manage- ment framework. The application of our platform is illustrated with a mobile commerce application scenario that combines context-aware Web Services and social networks

Enabling Context-Aware Web Services: A Middleware Approach for Ubiquitous Environments

In ubiquitous environments, mobile applications should sense and react to environmental changes to provide a better user experience. In order to deal with these concerns, Service-Oriented Architectures (SOA) provide a solution allowing applications to interact with the services available in their surroundings. In particular, context-aware Web Services can adapt their behavior considering the user context. However, the limited resources of mobile devices restrict the adaptation degree. Furthermore, the diverse nature of context information makes difficult its retrieval, processing and distribution. To tackle these challenges, we present the CAPPUCINO platform for executing context-aware Web Services in ubiquitous environments. In particular, in this chapter we focus on the middleware part that is built as an autonomic control loop that deals with dynamic adaptation. In this autonomic loop we use FraSCAti, an implementation of the Service Component Architecture (SCA) specification, as the execution kernel for Web Services. The context distribution is achieved with SPACES, a flexible solution based on REST (REpresentational State Transfer ) principles and benefiting from the COSMOS (COntext entitieS coMpositiOn and Sharing ) context manage- ment framework. The application of our platform is illustrated with a mobile commerce application scenario that combines context-aware Web Services and social networks

Towards a Reference Model for Implementing the Fractal Specifications for Java and the .NET platform

So far, several implementations of the Fractal specifications have been proposed. These implementations propose frameworks for programming with Fractal in a target language (Java, C, Smalltalk, C++). The general principles of implementing the specifications are common to all these frameworks. However, as far as we know, no concrete piece of software or no common set of interna