Pluggable Reflection: Decoupling Meta-Interface and Implementation

DOI 10.1109/icse.2003.1201183 dblp

Abstract

Reflection remains a second-class citizen in current programming models, where it's assumed to be imperative and tightly bound to its implementation. In contrast, most object-oriented APIs allow interfaces to vary independently of their implementations. Components take this separation a step further by describing unforeseeable attributes-the key to pluggable third-party components. This paper describes how reflection can benefit from a similar evolutionary path.

BibTeX

@inproceedings{Lorenz-Vlissides:ICSE03,
  author    = {David H. Lorenz and
               John M. Vlissides},
  title     = {Pluggable Reflection: Decoupling {Meta-Interface} and Implementation},
  booktitle = {ICSE},
  pages     = {3--13},
  publisher = {{IEEE} Computer Society},
  year      = {2003},
}

Pluggable Reflection: Decoupling Meta-Interface and Implementation

Abstract

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