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diff --git a/docs/progGuideDB/glossary.xml b/docs/progGuideDB/glossary.xml new file mode 100644 index 000000000..4516ce2bd --- /dev/null +++ b/docs/progGuideDB/glossary.xml @@ -0,0 +1,192 @@ +<appendix id="glossary" xreflabel="Glossary"> + + <title>Glossary</title> + + <glosslist> + +<!-- + <glossentry><glossterm> +</glossterm> + <glossdef> + <para></para> + </glossdef> + </glossentry> + +--> + + <glossentry><glossterm> +advice</glossterm> + <glossdef> + <para>Code, similar to a method, that is executed when a join + point<emphasis></emphasis> is reached. There are three kinds of + advice: before advice that runs when a join point is reached, but + before the method in question executes, after advice that executes + after the method body executes, but before control returns to the + caller, and around advice that runs before and after the method in + question runs, and also has explicit control over whether the method + is run at all.</para> + </glossdef> + </glossentry> + + <glossentry><glossterm> +AOP</glossterm> + <glossdef> + <para>See <emphasis>aspect-oriented programming</emphasis>.</para> + </glossdef> + </glossentry> + + <glossentry><glossterm> +aspect</glossterm> + <glossdef> + <para>A modular unit of crosscutting implementation in + <emphasis>aspect-oriented programming</emphasis>, just as classes are + the modular unit of implementation in object-oriented + programming.</para> + </glossdef> + </glossentry> + + <glossentry><glossterm> +aspect-oriented programming</glossterm> + <glossdef> + <para>A type or style of programming that explicitly takes into + account <emphasis>crosscutting concerns</emphasis>, just as + object-oriented programming explicitly takes into account classes and + objects. </para> + </glossdef> + </glossentry> + + <glossentry><glossterm> +crosscutting concerns</glossterm> + <glossdef> + <para>Issues or programmer concerns that are not local to the natural + unit of modularity. </para> + </glossdef> + </glossentry> + + <glossentry><glossterm> +dynamic context</glossterm> + <glossdef> + <para>The state of a program while it is executing. Contrast with + <emphasis>lexical context</emphasis>.</para> + </glossdef> + </glossentry> + + <glossentry><glossterm> +join point</glossterm> + <glossdef> + <para> A well-defined instant in the execution of a program. In + AspectJ, join points are also principled, i.e. not every possible + instance in the execution of a program is a potential join point. + </para> + </glossdef> + </glossentry> + + <glossentry><glossterm> +lexical context</glossterm> + <glossdef> + <para>The state of a program as it is written. Contrast with + <emphasis>dynamic context</emphasis>.</para> + </glossdef> + </glossentry> + + <glossentry><glossterm> +name-based pointcut designator</glossterm> + <glossdef> + <para>A type of pointcut designator that enumerates and composes + explicitly named join points. For example,</para> + <programlisting> +pointcut move(): + call(void FigureElement.setXY(int,int)) || + call(void Point.setX(int)) || + call(void Point.setY(int)) || + call(void Line.setP1(Point)) || + call(void Line.setP2(Point));</programlisting> + <para>is a pointcut designator that explicitly names five join + points. See also <emphasis>property-based pointcut + designator</emphasis>. + </para> + </glossdef> + </glossentry> + + <glossentry><glossterm> +pointcut</glossterm> + <glossdef> + <para>A collection of join points.</para> + </glossdef> + </glossentry> + + <glossentry><glossterm> +pointcut designator</glossterm> + <glossdef> + <para>The name of a pointcut, or an expression which identifies a + pointcut. Pointcut designators can be primitive or composite. + Composite pointcut designators are primitive pointcut designators + composed using the operators <literal>||</literal>, + <literal>&&<literal>, and </literal>!</literal>. See also + <emphasis>name-based pointcut designator</emphasis> and + <emphasis>property-based pointcut sesignator</emphasis>. </para> + </glossdef> + </glossentry> + + <glossentry><glossterm> +post-condition</glossterm> + <glossdef> + <para>A test or assertion that must be true after a method has + executed.</para> + </glossdef> + </glossentry> + + <glossentry><glossterm> +pre-condition</glossterm> + <glossdef> + <para>A test or assertion that must be true when a method is + called.</para> + </glossdef> + </glossentry> + + <glossentry><glossterm> +property-based pointcut designator</glossterm> + <glossdef> + <para>A type of pointcut designator that specifies pointcuts in terms + of the properties of methods rather than just their names. For + example,</para> + <programlisting> +call(public * Figure.*(..))</programlisting> + <para>specifies all the public methods in the class + <classname>Figure</classname> regardless of the type and number of + their arguments or return type. See also <emphasis>name-based + pointcut designator</emphasis>.</para> + </glossdef> + </glossentry> + + <glossentry><glossterm> +reusable aspect</glossterm> + <glossdef> + <para>An aspect that can be extended or inherited from.</para> + </glossdef> + </glossentry> + + <glossentry><glossterm> +signature</glossterm> + <glossdef> + <para>The number, order and type of the arguments to a method.</para> + </glossdef> + </glossentry> + + <glossentry><glossterm> +<literal>thisJoinPoint</literal></glossterm> + <glossdef> + <para>The special variable that identifies the current join point + when a non-static join point is reached.</para> + </glossdef> + </glossentry> + + </glosslist> + +</appendix> + +<!-- Local variables: --> +<!-- fill-column: 79 --> +<!-- sgml-local-ecat-files: progguide.ced --> +<!-- sgml-parent-document:("progguide.sgml" "book" "appendix") --> +<!-- End: --> |