aspect-oriented programming

Programming paradigm

Entityprogramming paradigm computer science termQ30267

Also known as AOP · aspect-oriented software developmenta

Instance of: programming paradigm
, computer science term
Subclass of: separation of concerns
, computer programming

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In computing, aspect-oriented programming (AOP) is a programming paradigm that aims to increase modularity by allowing the separation of cross-cutting concerns. It does so by adding behavior to existing code without modifying the code, instead separately specifying which code is modified via a "pointcut" specification, such as "log all function calls when the function's name begins with 'set'". This allows behaviors that are not central to the business logic to be added to a program without cluttering the code of core functions.

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