More Web Proxy on the site http://driver.im/

research-article

Towards a framework for analyzing context-oriented programming languages

Authors:

Achiya Elyasaf,

Arnon SturmAuthors Info & Claims

COP '21: Proceedings of the 13th ACM International Workshop on Context-Oriented Programming and Advanced Modularity

Pages 16 - 23

https://doi.org/10.1145/3464970.3468414

Published: 11 July 2021 Publication History

Abstract

Context-aware systems keep on emerging in all of our daily activities. To cope with this new situation, programming languages were extended to support the notion of context. Although context-oriented programming languages exist for over 15 years, they were tested for their suitability in developing context-aware systems only to a limited extent. In this paper, we propose a framework for analyzing context-oriented languages from that viewpoint. In this framework, we refer to context definition and activation, reasoning capabilities, process aspects of how to work with the suggested extension, and pragmatic considerations. To demonstrate the use of the framework, we applied it to a relatively new context-oriented programming paradigm, namely context-oriented behavioral programming. The proposed framework can support users of context-oriented programming languages in deciding on the most fitted language for their purpose. Developers of context-oriented programming languages can also use the framework to improve such languages and their supporting tools.

References

[1]

Giora Alexandron, Michal Armoni, Michal Gordon, and David Harel. 2014. Scenario-based Programming, Usability-oriented Perception. ACM Transactions on Computing Education (TOCE), 14, 3 (2014), 1–23.

Digital Library

[2]

Malte Appeltauer, Robert Hirschfeld, Michael Haupt, Jens Lincke, and Michael Perscheid. 2009. A Comparison of Context-Oriented Programming Languages. In COP ’09. ACM. isbn:9781605585383 https://doi.org/10.1145/1562112.1562118

Digital Library

[3]

Adiel Ashrov, Michal Gordon, Assaf Marron, Arnon Sturm, and Gera Weiss. 2017. Structured Behavioral Programming Idioms. In Enterprise, Business-Process and Information Systems Modeling. Springer, 319–333. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-59466-8_20

[4]

Michael Bar-Sinai. 2020. Extending Behavioral Programming for Model-Driven Engineering. Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel.

[5]

Michael Bar-Sinai, Achiya Elyasaf, Aviran Sadon, and Gera Weiss. 2019. A Scenario Based On-Board Software and Testing Environment for Satellites. In 59th Israel Annual Conference on Aerospace Sciences, IACAS 2019. 2, 1407–1419. isbn:978-1-5108-8278-2

[6]

Nathalie Bricon-Souf and Conrad R. Newman. 2007. Context awareness in health care: A review. International Journal of Medical Informatics, 76, 1 (2007), 2–12. issn:1386-5056 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijmedinf.2006.01.003

[7]

Pascal Costanza and Theo D’Hondt. 2008. Feature Descriptions for Context-oriented Programming. In Software Product Lines, 12th International Conference, SPLC 2008, Limerick, Ireland, September 8-12, 2008, Proceedings. Second Volume (Workshops), Steffen Thiel and Klaus Pohl (Eds.). Lero Int. Science Centre, University of Limerick, Ireland, 9–14.

[8]

Werner Damm and David Harel. 2001. LSCs: Breathing Life into Message Sequence Charts. Formal Methods in System Design, 19, 1 (2001), 45–80. issn:1572-8102 https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1011227529550

Digital Library

[9]

Benoît Duhoux, Kim Mens, and Bruno Dumas. 2018. Feature Visualiser: an Inspection Tool for Context-Oriented Programmers. In Proceedings of the 10th International Workshop on Context-Oriented Programming: Advanced Modularity for Run-time Composition, COP@ECOOP 2018, Amsterdam, Netherlands, July 16, 2018. ACM, 15–22. https://doi.org/10.1145/3242921.3242924

Digital Library

[10]

Achiya Elyasaf. 2021. Context-Oriented Behavioral Programming. Information and Software Technology, 133 (2021), may, 106504. issn:0950-5849 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.infsof.2020.106504

[11]

Achiya Elyasaf, David Harel, Assaf Marron, and Gera Weiss. 2018. Towards Integration of Context-Based and Scenario-Based Development. 10748 LNCS, Springer, Cham. isbn:978-3-319-74729-3 https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-74730-9_21

[12]

Achiya Elyasaf, Assaf Marron, Arnon Sturm, and Gera Weiss. 2018. A Context-Based Behavioral Language for IoT. In CEUR Workshop Proceedings, Regina Hebig and Thorsten Berger (Ed.). 2245, CEUR-WS.org, Copenhagen, Denmark. 485–494. http://ceur-ws.org/Vol-2245

[13]

Achiya Elyasaf, Aviran Sadon, Gera Weiss, and Tom Yaacov. 2019. Using Behavioral Programming with Solver, Context, and Deep Reinforcement Learning for Playing a Simplified RoboCup-Type Game. In 2019 ACM/IEEE 22nd International Conference on Model Driven Engineering Languages and Systems Companion (MODELS-C). IEEE, 243–251. https://doi.org/10.1109/models-c.2019.00039

Digital Library

[14]

David Harel and Michal Gordon-Kiwkowitz. 2009. On Teaching Visual Formalisms. IEEE Software, 26, 3 (2009), may, 87–95. https://doi.org/10.1109/MS.2009.76

Digital Library

[15]

D. Harel and G. Katz. 2014. Scaling-Up Behavioral Programming: Steps from Basic Principles to Application Architectures. In Proc. 4th SPLASH Workshop on Programming based on Actors, Agents and Decentralized Control (AGERE!). 95–108.

[16]

David Harel, Assaf Marron, and Gera Weiss. 2010. Programming Coordinated Behavior in Java. In ECOOP 2010 – Object-Oriented Programming. Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 250–274. isbn:978-3-642-14107-2 issn:0302-9743 https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-14107-2_12

[17]

Robert Hirschfeld, Pascal Costanza, and Oscar Marius Nierstrasz. 2008. Context-oriented programming. Journal of Object technology, 7, 3 (2008), 125–151.

[18]

Hiroaki Inoue, Atsushi Igarashi, Malte Appeltauer, and Robert Hirschfeld. 2014. Towards Type-Safe JCop: A Type System for Layer Inheritance and First-Class Layers. In COP. ACM. isbn:9781450328616 https://doi.org/10.1145/2637066.2637073

Digital Library

[19]

Bonface Ngari Ireri, Ruth Diko Wario, and Irene Mukiri Mwingirwa. 2018. Choosing and Adapting a Mobile Learning Model for Teacher Education. In Handbook of Research on Digital Content, Mobile Learning, and Technology Integration Models in Teacher Education. IGI Global, 132–148. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-7918-2.ch009

[20]

Tobias Pape, Tim Felgentreff, and Robert Hirschfeld. 2016. Optimizing Sideways Composition: Fast Context-Oriented Programming in ContextPyPy. In COP. ACM, 13–20. https://doi.org/10.1145/2951965.2951967

Digital Library

[21]

Carlos Ramos, Goreti Marreiros, and Ricardo Santos. 2011. A survey on the use of emotions, mood, and personality in ambient intelligence and smart environments. In Handbook of Research on Ambient Intelligence and Smart Environments: Trends and Perspectives. IGI Global, 88–107.

[22]

Patrick Rein, Stefan Ramson, Jens Lincke, Tim Felgentreff, and Robert Hirschfeld. 2017. Group-Based Behavior Adaptation Mechanisms in Object-oriented Systems. IEEE Software, 34, 6 (2017), nov, 78–82. https://doi.org/10.1109/MS.2017.4121224

[23]

Guido Salvaneschi, Carlo Ghezzi, and Matteo Pradella. 2012. Context-Oriented Programming: A Software Engineering Perspective. Journal of Systems and Software, 85 (2012), 1801–1817. issn:0164-1212 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jss.2012.03.024

Digital Library

[24]

Guido Salvaneschi, Carlo Ghezzi, and Matteo Pradella. 2012. ContextErlang: Introducing Context-Oriented Programming in the Actor Model. In Proceedings of the 11th annual international conference on Aspect-oriented Software Development. ACM Press, 191–202. https://doi.org/10.1145/2162049.2162072

Digital Library

[25]

Arnon Sturm and Onn Shehory. 2003. A Framework for Evaluating Agent-Oriented Methodologies. In AOIS. 3030, Springer, 94–109. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-25943-5_7

Cited By

Ghassemi FSirjani MKhamespanah EMirani MHojjat H(2023)Transparent Actor Model2023 IEEE/ACM 11th International Conference on Formal Methods in Software Engineering (FormaliSE)10.1109/FormaliSE58978.2023.00018(97-107)Online publication date: May-2023
https://doi.org/10.1109/FormaliSE58978.2023.00018
Elyasaf ACardozo NSturm A(2023)A framework for analyzing context-oriented programming languagesJournal of Systems and Software10.1016/j.jss.2023.111614198:COnline publication date: 1-Apr-2023
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1016/j.jss.2023.111614
Cardozo NMens K(2022)Programming language implementations for context-oriented self-adaptive systemsInformation and Software Technology10.1016/j.infsof.2021.106789143:COnline publication date: 1-Mar-2022
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1016/j.infsof.2021.106789
Show More Cited By

Index Terms

Towards a framework for analyzing context-oriented programming languages
1. Software and its engineering
  1. Software notations and tools
    1. Context specific languages
    2. General programming languages

Recommendations

A Context-Oriented Software Architecture
COP '16: Proceedings of the 8th ACM International Workshop on Context-Oriented Programming

Context-aware systems must manage the dynamic selection, activation, and execution of feature variants according to changing contexts, detected from data gathered from their surrounding execution environment. Many context-oriented programming languages ...
A comparison of context-oriented programming languages
COP '09: Proceedings of the 1st ACM International Workshop on Context-Oriented Programming

Context-oriented programming (COP) extensions have been implemented for several languages. Each concrete language design and implementation comes with different variations of the features of the COP paradigm. In this paper, we provide a comparison of ...
Context-oriented programming
MobiDe '03: Proceedings of the 3rd ACM international workshop on Data engineering for wireless and mobile access

In an environment where computing power is ubiquitous, software engineers need to cater for many different variables beyond their control. They face what has been termed the pervasive problem. Their products need to be adaptable and portable, yet still ...

Comments

Please enable JavaScript to view thecomments powered by Disqus.

Information & Contributors

Information

Published In

cover image ACM Conferences

COP '21: Proceedings of the 13th ACM International Workshop on Context-Oriented Programming and Advanced Modularity

July 2021

23 pages

ISBN:9781450385428

DOI:10.1145/3464970

General Chairs:
Yu David Liu
State University of New York at Binghamton, USA
,
Harumi Watanabe
Tokai University, Japan
,
Robert Hirschfeld
Hasso Plattner Institute at the University of Potsdam, Germany
,
Atsushi Igarashi
Kyoto University, Japan
,
Hidehiko Masuhara
Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan

Copyright © 2021 ACM.

Permission to make digital or hard copies of all or part of this work for personal or classroom use is granted without fee provided that copies are not made or distributed for profit or commercial advantage and that copies bear this notice and the full citation on the first page. Copyrights for components of this work owned by others than ACM must be honored. Abstracting with credit is permitted. To copy otherwise, or republish, to post on servers or to redistribute to lists, requires prior specific permission and/or a fee. Request permissions from [email protected]

Sponsors

SIGPLAN: ACM Special Interest Group on Programming Languages

Publisher

Association for Computing Machinery

New York, NY, United States

Publication History

Published: 11 July 2021

Permissions

Request permissions for this article.

Request Permissions

Check for updates

Author Tags

Qualifiers

Research-article

Conference

ISSTA '21

Sponsor:

SIGPLAN

ISSTA '21: 30th ACM SIGSOFT International Symposium on Software Testing and Analysis

July 12, 2021

Virtual, Denmark

Acceptance Rates

Overall Acceptance Rate 17 of 25 submissions, 68%

Contributors

Other Metrics

View Article Metrics

Bibliometrics & Citations

Bibliometrics

Article Metrics

4
Total Citations
View Citations
72
Total Downloads

Downloads (Last 12 months)6
Downloads (Last 6 weeks)0

Reflects downloads up to 11 Dec 2024

Other Metrics

View Author Metrics

Citations

Cited By

Ghassemi FSirjani MKhamespanah EMirani MHojjat H(2023)Transparent Actor Model2023 IEEE/ACM 11th International Conference on Formal Methods in Software Engineering (FormaliSE)10.1109/FormaliSE58978.2023.00018(97-107)Online publication date: May-2023
https://doi.org/10.1109/FormaliSE58978.2023.00018
Elyasaf ACardozo NSturm A(2023)A framework for analyzing context-oriented programming languagesJournal of Systems and Software10.1016/j.jss.2023.111614198:COnline publication date: 1-Apr-2023
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1016/j.jss.2023.111614
Cardozo NMens K(2022)Programming language implementations for context-oriented self-adaptive systemsInformation and Software Technology10.1016/j.infsof.2021.106789143:COnline publication date: 1-Mar-2022
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1016/j.infsof.2021.106789
Elyasaf ACardozo NSturm A(undefined)A Framework for Analyzing Context-Oriented Programming LanguagesSSRN Electronic Journal10.2139/ssrn.4162440
https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4162440

View Options

Login options

Check if you have access through your login credentials or your institution to get full access on this article.

Full Access

Get this Publication

View options

PDF

View or Download as a PDF file.

eReader

View online with eReader.

Media

Figures

Other

Tables

View Table of Contents