[Xotcl] AOP and XOtcl

[Uwe Zdun]

On Tuesday 25 September 2001 06:16 pm, you wrote:
> On Tue, 25 Sep 2001, Uwe Zdun wrote:
> > b) make filters special objects which have a method (proc) on them which
> > is the filter. This would be a substantially different model to what we
> > have now. Filter search would have to take place on these objects,
> > filters would not be inherited, linearization of filters would be
> > different, etc. But, of course, we could combine different filters on
> > these objects. This would be closer to cross-cutting concerns in AOP.
>
> Could you not still keep inheritance in this model? The only difference
> really would be that the filters themselves would be reusable
> components. If attached to a class, then all class methods, and anything
> extending the class, will be affected by the filter. Or is there something
> wrong with this idea?
>

no, in principal not ... to clarify things, what you mean is:

Object filters
filters proc f1 args  {
  ...
}
filters proc f2 args  {
  ...
}

Class X
X instproc xf args {...}
X instfilter {xf filters::f1}


- if "::"'s are in the filter name, we only search
for procs on objects during filter search. 

- [self class] is "" in f1, f2?

- good old instproc filters, such as xf, still work
or are all filters object procs?

- what are potential benefits to a Class

Class filters
filters instproc f1 args  {
  ...
}
filters instproc f2 args  {
  ...
}

which we use e.g. as superclass or instmixin (what will work fully in the 
next release)?

--uwe


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Uwe Zdun
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