Bockisch, Christoph ; Sewe, Andreas ; Yin, Haihan ; Mezini, Mira ; Aksit, Mehmet (2012)
An In-Depth Look at ALIA4J.
In: The Journal of Object Technology, 11 (1)
doi: 10.5381/jot.2012.11.1.a7
Artikel, Bibliographie
Kurzbeschreibung (Abstract)
New programming languages supporting advanced modularization mechanisms are often implemented as transformations to the imperative intermediate representation of an already established language. But while their core constructs largely overlap in semantics, re-using the corresponding transformations requires re-using their syntax as well; this is limiting. In the ALIA4J approach, we identified \emph{dispatching} as fundamental to most modularization mechanisms and provide a meta-model of dispatching as a rich, extensible intermediate language. Based on this meta-model, one can modularly implement the semantics of dispatching-related constructs. From said constructs a single execution model can then be derived which facilitates interpretation, bytecode generation, and even optimized machine-code generation. We show the suitability of our approach by mapping five popular languages to this meta-model and find that most of their constructs are shared across multiple languages. We furthermore present implementations of the three different execution strategies together with a generic visual debugger available to any ALIA4J-based language implementation. Intertwined with this paper is a tutorial-style running example that illustrates our approach.
| Typ des Eintrags: | Artikel |
|---|---|
| Erschienen: | 2012 |
| Autor(en): | Bockisch, Christoph ; Sewe, Andreas ; Yin, Haihan ; Mezini, Mira ; Aksit, Mehmet |
| Art des Eintrags: | Bibliographie |
| Titel: | An In-Depth Look at ALIA4J |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Publikationsjahr: | April 2012 |
| Titel der Zeitschrift, Zeitung oder Schriftenreihe: | The Journal of Object Technology |
| Jahrgang/Volume einer Zeitschrift: | 11 |
| (Heft-)Nummer: | 1 |
| DOI: | 10.5381/jot.2012.11.1.a7 |
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| Kurzbeschreibung (Abstract): | New programming languages supporting advanced modularization mechanisms are often implemented as transformations to the imperative intermediate representation of an already established language. But while their core constructs largely overlap in semantics, re-using the corresponding transformations requires re-using their syntax as well; this is limiting. In the ALIA4J approach, we identified \emph{dispatching} as fundamental to most modularization mechanisms and provide a meta-model of dispatching as a rich, extensible intermediate language. Based on this meta-model, one can modularly implement the semantics of dispatching-related constructs. From said constructs a single execution model can then be derived which facilitates interpretation, bytecode generation, and even optimized machine-code generation. We show the suitability of our approach by mapping five popular languages to this meta-model and find that most of their constructs are shared across multiple languages. We furthermore present implementations of the three different execution strategies together with a generic visual debugger available to any ALIA4J-based language implementation. Intertwined with this paper is a tutorial-style running example that illustrates our approach. |
| Freie Schlagworte: | Dispatching mechanisms; multiple dispatching; predicate dispatching; pointcut-advice; advanced dispatching; modular language implementation; virtual machines; just-in-time compilation; debugging |
| Fachbereich(e)/-gebiet(e): | 20 Fachbereich Informatik > Softwaretechnik LOEWE > LOEWE-Zentren > CASED – Center for Advanced Security Research Darmstadt 20 Fachbereich Informatik Zentrale Einrichtungen LOEWE LOEWE > LOEWE-Zentren |
| Hinterlegungsdatum: | 26 Apr 2012 13:31 |
| Letzte Änderung: | 05 Mär 2013 10:00 |
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| Sponsoren: | Center for Advanced Security Research Darmstadt (CASED) |
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