Generation of Dependence Graphs for Aspect-Oriented & Feature-Oriented Programs

Abstract

This thesis emphasizes firstly, bytecode based dependence graph generation of aspect-oriented software and secondly, dependence graph generation of feature-oriented software using System Dependence Graphs. To improve separation of concerns in software design and implementation, the technique of Aspect-Oriented Programming (AOP) was introduced. We first develop a suitable intermediate representation for aspect-oriented programs and then for feature-oriented programs. This intermediate representation for feature-oriented programs is named as Extended Feature-Oriented System Dependence Graph (EFOSDG). In our work, we have defined a new intermediate graph representation for Feature-oriented programs. The construction of SDG is automated by analysing the bytecode of feature-oriented programs that incorporates the representation of aspect-oriented features. To implement our proposed technique, we have developed a prototype tool that takes aspect-oriented programs and feature-oriented programs as input and constructs the intermediate graph representation as output.