Using Aspects and the Spring Framework to Implement Variabilities in a Software Product Line

Software Product Line (SPL) is one of the most adopted techniques to enable software reuse. Aspect-orientation (AOSD) has been investigated to implement variabilities in component-based SPL. This paper presents an experience on the implementation of SPL variabilities using AOSD. The Spring framework is used to configure the components of an existing SPL architecture. This paper compares the AOSD version of an SPL with an existing component-based one. Lessons learned are discussed regarding the use of AOSD in component-based SPL configured with the Spring framework.