Generative and component-based software engineering : third international conference, GCSE 2001, Erfurt, Germany, September 10-13, 2001 : proceedings

The size, complexity, and integration level of software systems is increasing c- stantly. Companies in all domains identify that software de?nes the competitive edge of their products. These developments require us to constantly search for new approaches to increase the productivity and quality of our software - velopment and to decrease the cost of software maintenance. Generative and component-based technologies hold considerablepromise with respect to achi- ing these goals. GCSE 2001 constituted another important step forward and provided a platform for academic and industrial researchers to exchange ideas. These proceedings represent the third conference on generative and com- nent-based software engineering. The conference originated as a special track on generative programming from the Smalltalk and Java in Industry and - ucation Conference (STJA), organized by the working group “Generative and Component-Based Software Engineering” of the “Gesellschaft fur ̈ Informatik” FG 2.1.9 “Object-Oriented Software Engineering.” However, the conference has evolved substantially since then, with its own, independent stature, invited speakers, and, most importantly, a stable and growing community. This year’s conference attracted 43 submissions from all over the world, - dicating the broad, international interest in the research ?eld. Based on careful review by the program committee, 14 papers were selected for presentation. I would like to thank the members of the program committee, all renowned - perts, for their dedication in preparing thorough reviews of the submissions. A Characterization of Generator and Component Reuse Technologies....Pages 1-9 A Standard Problem for Evaluating Product-Line Methodologies....Pages 10-24 Components, Interfaces and Information Models within a Platform Architecture....Pages 25-35 XVCL Approach to Separating Concerns in Product Family Assets....Pages 36-47 AspectJ Paradigm Model: A basis for Multi-paradigm Design for AspectJ....Pages 48-57 Aspect-Oriented Configuration and Adaptation of Component Communication....Pages 58-69 A Version Model for Aspect Dependency Management....Pages 70-79 An Object Model for General-Purpose Aspect Languages....Pages 80-91 Generic Visitor Framework Computing Statistical Estimators....Pages 92-105 Base Class Injection....Pages 106-117 Reflection Support by Means of Template Metaprogramming....Pages 118-127 Scenario-Based Generation and Evaluation of Software Architectures....Pages 128-139 The Role of Design Components in Test Plan Generation....Pages 140-152 Retrieving Software Components Using Directed Replaceability Distance....Pages 153-162 Generating Application Development Environments for Java Frameworks....Pages 163-176 This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the Third International Conference on Generative and Component-Based Software Engineering, GCSE 2001, held in Erfurt, Germany, in September 2001. The 14 revised full papers presented together with one invited paper were carefully reviewed and selected from 43 submissions. The papers are organized in topical sections on software product lines, aspects, generic and generative approaches, and components and architectures