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Aspect-Oriented Programming Article On JavaWorld

Posted by timothy on from the another-tla dept.

Some Guy writes: "Javaworld has another article (the second in a series of three) on Aspect-Oriented Programming. Grady Booch wrote last year that AOP is one of three signs of a disruptive software technology in the horizon: a technology that could take us to the next level beyond object-oriented programming."

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  1. AOP is a reinvention of multi-dispatch functions. by cpeterso · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    From what I've read of "Aspect Oriented Programming", it is just a reinvention of multi-dispatch methods or a language-level support for the Visitor OO design pattern. With multi-dispatch in a language like Lisp/CLOS, a single function call can (optionally) implicitly call your logging function, a monitor synchronization function, a security check function, etc.. before or after calling the "real" function.

    Funny how so many new programming fads are simply reinventions of old Lisp features because the new programming environments (like C++ or Java) need clumsy workarounds.

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    cpeterso