MultiJava: Design Rationale, Compiler Implementation, and Applications
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| Název: | MultiJava: Design Rationale, Compiler Implementation, and Applications |
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| Autoři: | Clifton, Curtis, Millstein, Todd, Leavens, Gary, Chambers, Craig |
| Přispěvatelé: | Computer Science |
| Zdroj: | archive/lib.dr.iastate.edu/cs_techreports/326/paper.pdf|||Fri Jan 14 23:36:17 UTC 2022 |
| Rok vydání: | 2004 |
| Sbírka: | Digital Repository @ Iowa State University |
| Témata: | Programming Languages and Compilers, Open Classes, Open Objects, Extensible Classes, Extensible External Methods, External Methods, Multimethods, Method Families, Generic Functions, % so people searching on this term can find it Object-oriented Programming Languages, Single Dispatch, Multiple Dispatch, Encapsulation, Modularity, Static Typechecking, Subtyping, Inheritance, Java Language, MultiJava Language, Separate Compilation, Expression Problem, Binary Method Problem, Augmenting Method Problem |
| Popis: | MultiJava is a conservative extension of the Java programming language that adds symmetric multiple dispatch and open classes. Among other benefits, multiple dispatch provides a solution to the binary method problem. Open classes provide a solution to the extensibility problem of object-oriented programming languages, allowing the modular addition of both new types and new operations to an existing type hierarchy. This paper illustrates and motivates the design of MultiJava and describes its modular static typechecking and modular compilation strategies. Although MultiJava extends Java, the key ideas of the language design are applicable to other object-oriented languages, such as C# and C++, and even, with some modifications, to functional languages such as ML. This paper also discusses the variety of application domains in which MultiJava has been successfully used by others, including pervasive computing, graphical user interfaces, and compilers. MultiJava allows users to express desired programming idioms in a way that is declarative and supports static typechecking, in contrast to the tedious and type-unsafe workarounds required in Java. MultiJava also provides opportunities for new kinds of extensibility that are not easily available in Java. |
| Druh dokumentu: | article in journal/newspaper |
| Popis souboru: | application/pdf |
| Jazyk: | unknown |
| Relation: | archive/lib.dr.iastate.edu/cs_techreports/326/; 1309; 5539905; cs_techreports/326; https://dr.lib.iastate.edu/handle/20.500.12876/20156 |
| Dostupnost: | https://dr.lib.iastate.edu/handle/20.500.12876/20156 https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12876/20156 |
| Přístupové číslo: | edsbas.894AF84F |
| Databáze: | BASE |
Nájsť tento článok vo Web of Science | Abstrakt: | MultiJava is a conservative extension of the Java programming language that adds symmetric multiple dispatch and open classes. Among other benefits, multiple dispatch provides a solution to the binary method problem. Open classes provide a solution to the extensibility problem of object-oriented programming languages, allowing the modular addition of both new types and new operations to an existing type hierarchy. This paper illustrates and motivates the design of MultiJava and describes its modular static typechecking and modular compilation strategies. Although MultiJava extends Java, the key ideas of the language design are applicable to other object-oriented languages, such as C# and C++, and even, with some modifications, to functional languages such as ML. This paper also discusses the variety of application domains in which MultiJava has been successfully used by others, including pervasive computing, graphical user interfaces, and compilers. MultiJava allows users to express desired programming idioms in a way that is declarative and supports static typechecking, in contrast to the tedious and type-unsafe workarounds required in Java. MultiJava also provides opportunities for new kinds of extensibility that are not easily available in Java. |
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