Title :
Beyond Annotations: A Proposal for Extensible Java (XJ)
Author :
Clark, Tony ; Sammut, Paul ; Willans, James
Author_Institution :
Ceteva Ltd. Chester, Chester City, PA
Abstract :
Annotations provide a limited way of extending Java in order to tailor the language for specific tasks. This paper describes a proposal for a Java extension which generalises annotations to allow Java to be a platform for developing domain specific languages.
Keywords :
Java; Java annotation; domain specific language development platform; extensible Java; Buildings; Computer languages; DSL; Domain specific languages; Information systems; Java; Large-scale systems; Programming profession; Proposals; Software systems; Domain Specific Languages; Language Oriented Programming; java;
Conference_Titel :
Source Code Analysis and Manipulation, 2008 Eighth IEEE International Working Conference on
Conference_Location :
Beijing
Print_ISBN :
978-0-7695-3353-7
DOI :
10.1109/SCAM.2008.34