The box model is a component model for the object-oriented paradigm, that defines components (the boxes) with clear encapsulation boundaries. Having well-defined boundaries is crucial in component-based software development, because it enables to argue about the interference and interaction between a component and its context. In general, boxes contain several objects and inner boxes, of which some are local to the box and cannot be accessed from other boxes and some can be accessible by other boxes. A trait is a set of methods divorced from any class hierarchy. Traits can be composed together to form classes or other traits. We present a calculus for boxes and traits. Traits are units of fine-grained reuse, whereas boxes can be seen as units of coarse-grained reuse. The calculus is equipped with an ownership type system and allows us to combine coarse- and fine-grained reuse of code by maintaining encapsulation of components.

A Calculus for Boxes and Traits in a Java-Like Setting / Lorenzo Bettini; Ferruccio Damiani; Marco De Luca; Kathrin Geilmann; Jan Schaefer. - STAMPA. - 6116:(2010), pp. 46-60. (Intervento presentato al convegno COORDINATION - 12th International Conference on Coordination Models and Languages tenutosi a Amsterdam, The Netherlands nel June 7-9, 2010) [10.1007/978-3-642-13414-2_4].

A Calculus for Boxes and Traits in a Java-Like Setting

BETTINI, LORENZO;
2010

Abstract

The box model is a component model for the object-oriented paradigm, that defines components (the boxes) with clear encapsulation boundaries. Having well-defined boundaries is crucial in component-based software development, because it enables to argue about the interference and interaction between a component and its context. In general, boxes contain several objects and inner boxes, of which some are local to the box and cannot be accessed from other boxes and some can be accessible by other boxes. A trait is a set of methods divorced from any class hierarchy. Traits can be composed together to form classes or other traits. We present a calculus for boxes and traits. Traits are units of fine-grained reuse, whereas boxes can be seen as units of coarse-grained reuse. The calculus is equipped with an ownership type system and allows us to combine coarse- and fine-grained reuse of code by maintaining encapsulation of components.
2010
Coordination Models and Languages 12th International Conference, COORDINATION 2010, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, June 7-9, 2010. Proceedings
COORDINATION - 12th International Conference on Coordination Models and Languages
Amsterdam, The Netherlands
June 7-9, 2010
Lorenzo Bettini; Ferruccio Damiani; Marco De Luca; Kathrin Geilmann; Jan Schaefer
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