[vienna.pm] [ANNOUNCE] Aspect 0.04
Marcel Grunauer
marcel.gruenauer at chello.at
Wed Oct 3 04:24:40 CDT 2001
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NAME
Aspect-Oriented Perl - Aspect-oriented programming in pure Perl
DESCRIPTION
Introduction to AOP
Aspect-oriented Programming (AOP) is a programming methodology developed
by Xerox PARC. The basic idea is that in complex class systems there are
certain aspects or behaviors that cannot normally be expressed in a
coherent, concise and precise way. One example of such aspects are
design patterns, which combine various kinds of classes to produce a
common type of behavior.
Aspects in Perl provide:
* Dynamic enabling and disabling of aspects at run-time
* Modular aspects for prepackaged functionality
See `Aspect::Intro' for an introduction to aspect-oriented programming.
See `Aspect::Overview' for an overview of the modules and classes that
comprise this distribution. See `Aspect::Ideas' for ideas on future
developments. See `Aspect::Cookbook' for aspect-oriented recipes for
common situations. See the individual modules' manpages for information
on how to use and implement aspects.
LIMITATIONS
* Many types of join points and pointcuts remain unimplemented.
* Performance may suffer for aspects affecting a wide range of join
points.
PREREQUISITES
`Aspect' requires the following modules, which can be obtained from
CPAN:
Class::MethodMaker
Hook::LexWrap
IO::Scalar
If you install `Aspect' from the CPAN shell, these modules will, if
necessary, be installed automatically as well.
INSTALLATION
It's all pure Perl, so just put the .pm files in their appropriate local
Perl subdirectories.
The easiest way to install this distribution is using the standard build
process for Perl modules:
perl Makefile.PL
make
make test
make install
Or you could use the CPAN shell, as described in the `CPAN' module
documentation.
CHANGES AND FUTURE DEVELOPMENT
This `README' refers to version 0.04. For details of changes, refer to
the file `Changes'.
Future versions will provide new types of join points, pointcuts and
modular aspects. Stability and performance is also an ongoing concern.
See `Aspect::Ideas' for an overview of these ideas.
CHANGES IN VERSION 0.04
* Added documentation
AVAILABILITY
`Aspect' has been uploaded to the CPAN; in any case it is available
from:
http://codewerk.unixbeard.net/aspects/Aspect-0.04.tar.gz
AUTHOR
Marcel Grunauer, <marcel at codewerk.com>
COPYRIGHT
Copyright 2001 Marcel Grunauer. All rights reserved.
This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
under the same terms as Perl itself.
SEE ALSO
Aspect::Intro(3pm), Aspect::Cookbook(3pm), Aspect::Ideas(3pm),
Aspect(3pm).
Marcel
--
We are Perl. Your table will be assimilated. Your waiter will adapt to
service us. Surrender your beer. Resistance is futile.
-- London.pm strategy aka "embrace and extend" aka "mark and sweep"
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