[OT] What is AOP

[Abhishek Srivastava]

Hello All,

What is aspect oriented programming? How it is different from OO ?
Can one use AOP in C# programs?

Thanks for your help in advance.

regards,
Abhishek.

 

[Dmitriy Lapshin [C# / .NET MVP]]

Hello,

Search the online MSDN for "aspect oriented programming". An excellent
article on this subject should be available there.

 

[William Ryan [eMVP]]

http://www.zefhemel.com/428.php
http://csdl.computer.org/comp/proceedings/isorc/2002/1558/00/15580241abs.htm

YOu'll find all you need there, and yes, you can use it in C# and probably
already have without realizing it. If you are looking to learn more about
it, http://www.apress.com/book/bookDisplay.html?bID=227 covers the subject
quite well even though it's not a huge book.

HTH,

Bill

 

[rhavaldar at shodaka dot net]

A whiff of AOP is already available in the form of 'attributes'.

AOP addresses cross-cutting concerns (such as security, exception
handling, logging) in your application. It basically addresses the
'horizontal aspects' of your application - stuff that you do not want
to clutter up your code with.

AOP came out of research work done @ (where else, but !) Xerox PARC.

There's tons of work going on in the Java space w/ regards to
AOP, esp JBoss and Eclipse. Recommend the following sites:

1. http://aosd.net/technology/research.php - links to all things aspect
2. AspectC# - http://www.dsg.cs.tcd.ie/index.php?category_id=169
3. An insightful interview @
http://www.theserverside.com/talks/videos/GregorKiczalesText/interview.jsp

-raghu