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Palo Alto Research Center and Eclipse announce release of <br> | |
AspectJ to the Open Source Community </b></span></b></h1> | |
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<LI>Eclipse Project Forms To Make DARPA Funded Software Available for | |
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<p>Palo Alto, CA, March 18, 2003- The Palo Alto Research Center (PARC) and | |
Eclipse announced the transfer of AspectJ™ technology from PARC to Eclipse | |
and through the Eclipse Technology Project, to the entire open-source community. | |
AspectJ has an active following in both the research and industrial communities, | |
and represents a well-researched toolkit for Aspect Oriented Programming | |
(AOP). </p> | |
<p>Jim Hugunin, a PARC researcher who led the original development work | |
on AspectJ said, "We are pleased that the Eclipse community will continue | |
to enhance and refine the AspectJ code. Together, we are working hard to | |
get the next release out and welcome broad community support." </p> | |
<p>"Eclipse and the Eclipse Technology Project are delighted to become the new home | |
of AspectJ," said Dr. Brian Barry, who leads the Eclipse Technology Project. | |
"AspectJ represents an outstanding example of new approaches to improving | |
the developer experience and software productivity that have been enabled | |
by reusing core elements of the Eclipse Platform." </p> | |
<p>The most recent release of AspectJ builds on the Eclipse Java™ Development Tools (JDT) framework | |
that is proving to establish a successful synergy between the Eclipse and | |
AspectJ movements. </p> | |
<p>AspectJ provides a Java language extension and toolset | |
that allows developers to better deal with problems that occur in large | |
software systems by separating out and centralizing solutions for crosscutting | |
issues. Some aspects of system implementation, such as logging, error handling, | |
standards enforcement and feature variations are notoriously difficult to | |
implement in a modular way. The result is that code is tangled across a | |
system and leads to quality, productivity and maintenance problems. Aspect | |
Oriented Software Development (AOSD) enables the clean modularization of | |
these crosscutting concerns. The AspectJ Development Tools project provides | |
Eclipse platform based support for AOSD that seeks to deliver a user experience | |
that is consistent with existing Java Development Tools (JDT). </p> | |
<p>Distributions of open-source projects managed by Eclipse are available | |
under the Common Public License. This license permits commercial works | |
to be made of the distributions royalty free. The Open Software Initiative | |
(<a href="http://www.opensource.org/licenses/" target="_blank">http://www.opensource.org/licenses/</a>) | |
has certified the CPL. </p> | |
<p>The US Department of Commerce Advanced Technology | |
Project funded the original work on Aspect Oriented Programming. In addition, | |
DARPA - The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency -funded the early | |
development work of AspectJ at PARC and the community building costs associated | |
with it. PARC wishes to thank both agencies for their support. </p> | |
<p>For more information about AspectJ on Eclipse, please go to: <a href="http://www.eclipse.org/aspectj/" target="_blank">http://www.eclipse.org/aspectj/</a>. | |
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<P>The Palo Alto Research Center (PARC), a subsidiary of Xerox Corporation, | |
conducts pioneering interdisciplinary research in physical, computational, | |
and social sciences. Building on our three-decade tradition of innovation, | |
PARC works with Xerox and other strategic partners to commercialize | |
technologies created by our renowned scientists. Incorporated in | |
early 2002, PARC is defining a new vision for how pioneering research | |
creates commercial opportunities. For more information about the | |
Palo Alto Research Center, please visit <a href="http://www.parc.com" target="_blank">www.parc.com</a>. | |
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<P>Eclipse is an open-source community that creates technology and | |
a universal platform for tools integration. The open-source Eclipse | |
community creates royalty-free technology as a platform for tools | |
integration. Eclipse based tools give developers freedom of choice | |
in a multi-language, multi-platform, multi-vendor supported environment. | |
Eclipse delivers a plug-in based framework that makes it easier | |
to create, integrate and use software tools, saving time and money. | |
By collaborating and sharing core integration technology, tool producers | |
can concentrate on their areas of expertise and the creation of | |
new development technology. The Eclipse Platform is written in the | |
Java™ language, and comes with extensive plug-in construction | |
toolkits and examples. It has already been deployed on a range of | |
development workstations including Linux®, Posix, QNX® and | |
Windows® based systems. Full details of the Eclipse community | |
and white papers documenting the design of the Eclipse Platform | |
are available at <a href="http://www.eclipse.org" target="_blank">www.eclipse.org</a>. | |
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<p align="center">Lisa Altobelli<br> | |
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30 Hotaling Place, San Francisco, CA 94111<br> | |
415-593-8404, media-relations@parc.com <br> | |
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Janice Hughes<br> | |
Patterson & Associates<br> | |
9549 East Covey Trail, Scottsdale, AZ 85262<br> | |
480-488-6909, janice@patterson.com </p> | |
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<P>Some components of Eclipse may be governed by license terms other | |
than the CPL. </P> | |
<P>	AspectJ and the Palo Alto Research Center are trademarks of | |
PARC. IBM is a trademark of International Business Machines Corporation. | |
Java and Java based trademarks belong to Sun Microsystems. All other | |
trademarks belong to their respective owners. For more information | |
about PARC, please visit <a href="http://www.parc.com/pressroom" target="_blank">www.parc.com/pressroom</a> | |
For more information about Eclipse.org, please visit <a href="http://www.eclipse.org" target="_blank">www.eclipse.org</a> | |
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