diff options
Diffstat (limited to 'docs/progGuideDB/glossary.xml')
| -rw-r--r-- | docs/progGuideDB/glossary.xml | 192 |
1 files changed, 0 insertions, 192 deletions
diff --git a/docs/progGuideDB/glossary.xml b/docs/progGuideDB/glossary.xml deleted file mode 100644 index 4516ce2bd..000000000 --- a/docs/progGuideDB/glossary.xml +++ /dev/null @@ -1,192 +0,0 @@ -<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: --> |