Virtual classes are class-valued attributes of objects. Like virtual methods, virtual classes are defined in an object's class and may be redefined within subclasses. They re...
Dynamic class loading during program execution in the JavaTM Programming Language is an impediment for generating code that is as e cient as code generated using static wholeprogr...
Vugranam C. Sreedhar, Michael G. Burke, Jong-Deok ...
Type dispatch constructs are an important feature of many programming languages. Scheme has predicates for testing the runtime type of a value. Java has a class cast expression an...
Althoughthereisalargebodyofresearchonthetimeoverheadofobject oriented programs, there is little work on memory overhead. This paper takes an empirical approach to the study of this...
Aspects are intended to add needed functionality to a system or to treat concerns of the system by augmenting or changing the existing code in a manner that cross-cuts the usual c...