aspect-oriented

adjective

Describing a system which has been written so that different subsystems appear to add themselves to the main business logic without that logic having to include them explicitly.

“The advantage of our aspect-oriented email notification system is that we can change which emails it sends without editing the main program.”

Meanings

adjectiveaspect-oriented (comparative more aspect-oriented, superlative most aspect-oriented)

comparative more aspect-oriented · superlative most aspect-oriented

  1. computingDescribing a system which has been written so that different subsystems appear to add themselves to the main business logic without that logic having to include them explicitly.

    The advantage of our aspect-oriented email notification system is that we can change which emails it sends without editing the main program.

Translations

Czech orientovaný na aspekty
  • orientovaný na aspektytype of system
French orienté aspect
  • orienté aspecttype of system
Portuguese orientado a aspectos
  • orientado a aspectostype of system
Romanian aspectual-orientat
  • aspectual-orientattype of system
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APA

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Chicago

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