Transactions on Aspect-Oriented Software Development IX

TheLNCSjournalTransactionsonAspect-OrientedSoftwareDevelopmentisdevotedtoallfacetsofaspect-orientedsoftwaredevelopment(AOSD)techniquesinthecontextofallphasesofthesoftwarelifecycle,fromrequirementsanddesigntoimplementation,maintenanceandevolution.Thefocusofthejournalisonapproachesforsystematicidentification,modularization,representationandcompositionofcrosscuttingconcerns,i.e.,theaspectsandevaluationofsuchapproachesandtheirimpactonimprovingqualityattributesofsoftwaresystems.Thisvolume,the9thintheTransactionsonAspect-OrientedSoftwareDevelopmentseries,containsthreeregularsubmissionsandtwospecialsections,eachconsistingoftwopapers.Thepapersfocusonthefollowingtopics:modularization,pointcutlanguage,dynamicadaptation,event-basedprogramming,aspect-awaredesign,systemsoftware,objectcompositionandtemplates.