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This paper deals with class and interface name clashes in Java component systems that occur because of evolutionary changes during the lifecycle of a component application. We show that the standard facilities of the Java type system do not provide a satisfactory way to deal with the name clashes, and present a solution based on administering the names of classes and interfaces with a version identifier using a byte code manipulation tool. We provide a proof of concept implementation.
This work was partially supported by the Grant Agency of the Czech Republic in grants number 102/03/0672 and 201/03/0911.
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Hnětynka, P., Tůma, P. (2003). Fighting Class Name Clashes in Java Component Systems. In: Böszörményi, L., Schojer, P. (eds) Modular Programming Languages. JMLC 2003. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 2789. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-45213-3_15
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