Aspect Design with the Building Block Method [chapter]

Jürgen K. Müller
1999 IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology  
Aspects are a way to supplement object-oriented modelling with functionoriented modelling. The Building Block Method (BBM) identifies 3 dimensions of independent design. Besides an object dimension and a process dimension also an aspect dimension is present. Object design, process design and function design are done independently. Building Blocks (BB), which are software components, cluster functionality according to criteria such as configurability in a product family and incremental system
more » ... egration. The BBM is used to design families of telecommunication infrastructure, digital broadcasting and medical imaging systems. The paper introduces the concept of aspects and shows how they are identified and used in the BBM.
doi:10.1007/978-0-387-35563-4_34 fatcat:mfgnwnq3kvbnboccoblopbavke