Aspect Browser
A tool for Java (with optional Emacs support) which helps developers to find and visualise crosscutting concerns, using text matching. [Freeware]
url: www-cse.ucsd.edu/users/wgg/Software/AB/
AspectJ
Aspect-oriented Java extension, seamless, from Xerox PARC. Goal: to make aspect-oriented programming (AOP) technology available to a wide range of programmers. [Open Source, MPL]
url: www.eclipse.org/aspectj/
Concerning AOP and Inheritance
Paper in PDF format which introduces the Java-based language Sally and compares it with AspectJ: interactions as opposed to method entry, named advices, advice overriding. Also compares aspects, conventional inheritance, and mixins.
url: www.cs.uni-essen.de/dawis/publications/papers/aop/...
DemeterJ
An adaptive programming language based on Java. The "big sister" of DJ.
url: www.ccs.neu.edu/research/demeter/DemeterJava/
DJ
Support for adaptive programming (dynamic structure-shy traversals and visitors) in pure Java.
url: www.ccs.neu.edu/research/demeter/DJ/
EAOP tool
A research prototype for Event-based Aspect-Oriented Programming (EAOP) for Java.
url: www.emn.fr/x-info/eaop/tool.html
HyperJ [IBM]
A Java tool supporting advanced Multi-Dimensional Separation of Concerns. [Freeware]
url: www.alphaworks.ibm.com/tech/hyperj
JAC (Java Aspect Components)
Aspect-oriented application server and development environment. [Open Source, LGPL]
url: jac.aopsys.com/
Macker
Helps enforce architectural rules (layering, tiering, and modularity) in Java code. It applies pattern-based access rules from XML rules files to compiled classes. [Open source, GPL]
url: innig.net/macker/
Sally
A general-purpose aspect language (GPAL) based on Java, with aspect reflection.
url: www.cs.uni-essen.de/dawis/research/aop/sally/
Specialisation Classes
Specialization classes are a Java language extension for integrating forms of adaptive behavior in an existing program. An adaptive class is defined by attaching a number of alternative implementations to a regular Java class, that complement the existing, default implementation. [Freeware]
url: compose.labri.fr/prototypes/jscc/
AspectJ, 0.8b5: Real-world AOP tool simplifies OO development
Detailed review of the aspect-oriented Java extension AspectJ 0.8, by Rich Price, a senior staff engineer at CheckFree Corp.
url: www.adtmag.com/java/article.asp?id=4712&mon=9&...
