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Methods Passed as Parameters in Java: A Pre-processing Approach

Bellia, Marco and Occhiuto, Maria Eugena (2006) Methods Passed as Parameters in Java: A Pre-processing Approach. Technical Report del Dipartimento di Informatica . Università di Pisa, Pisa, IT.

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    Abstract

    In this paper we investigate the possibility of adding higher order functionalities to Java, that is passing methods as parameters to other methods. The approach is based on a mechanism which offers a restricted, disciplined, form of function abstraction but suitable to the integration of high order and Object Oriented programming. We discuss how the expressive power of the language is increased. A new syntax is introduced for formal and actual parameters, hence the paper shows an implementation of the extentions based on a preprocessing technique tha maps programs of the extended language into programs of ordinary Java.

    Item Type: Book
    Uncontrolled Keywords: higher order programming, Object Oriented programming, code reusability, parameter method, late binding, method selection, class and object methods, preprocessing.
    Subjects: Area01 - Scienze matematiche e informatiche > INF/01 - Informatica
    Divisions: Dipartimenti (until 2012) > DIPARTIMENTO DI INFORMATICA
    Depositing User: dott.ssa Sandra Faita
    Date Deposited: 09 Dec 2014 13:06
    Last Modified: 09 Dec 2014 13:06
    URI: http://eprints.adm.unipi.it/id/eprint/2168

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