Pluggable reflection: Decoupling meta-interface and implementation

David H. Lorenz, John Vlissides

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Abstract

Reflection remains a second-class citizen in current programming models, where it's assumed to be imperative and tightly bound to its implementation. In contrast, most object-oriented APIs allow interfaces to vary independently of their implementations. Components take this separation a step further by describing unforeseeable attributes - the key to pluggable third-party components. This paper describes how reflection can benefit from a similar evolutionary path.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings of the 25th International Conference on Software Engineering, 2003
Pages3-13
Number of pages11
DOIs
StatePublished - 2003
Event25th International Conference on Software Engineering - Portland, OR, United States
Duration: 3 May 200310 May 2003

Publication series

NameProceedings - International Conference on Software Engineering
PublisherIEEE Computer Society
ISSN (Print)0270-5257

Conference

Conference25th International Conference on Software Engineering
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityPortland, OR
Period3/05/0310/05/03

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