In order to satisfy the changing needs of customers and clients, software systems have to be adapted during their whole lifetime. One frequently occurring task is adding a new function to the interface of a (sub-) system. To implement the new functionality, not only the interface has to be extended but several other classes of the (sub-) system. Performing this task manually is tedious and error-prone. In this paper a method is described that simplifies implementing extensions of the above kind. The basic idea is using adaptive programming (AP) , so that new functionality can be described with the help of paths in the class structure and source code transformations.
scite is a Brooklyn-based organization that helps researchers better discover and understand research articles through Smart Citations–citations that display the context of the citation and describe whether the article provides supporting or contrasting evidence. scite is used by students and researchers from around the world and is funded in part by the National Science Foundation and the National Institute on Drug Abuse of the National Institutes of Health.