ON ADAPTIVE PRINCIPLES IN SOFTWARE SYSTEMS EVOLUTION

This paper deals with a problem of software system evolution. When the software system is developed the programmer tries to transform his ideas about final properties of the system in running application using some programming paradigm. Properties of the software system have an important role not only in development process but also in later phases of lifecycle, especially when the modification of an existing system is needed. Therefore it is necessary to express them formally as clearly as possible. When properties are expressed unambiguous then the behavior of the system can be controlled and modified effectively. In our research project we concentrate on formalizing the development process in form of aspect weaving and try to make the process automated. In addition, when the system is complex and complicated then it is appropriate to express it using multiple paradigms so we try to analyze the relations between functional, imperative, object-oriented and aspect-oriented paradigms that have crucial role for our goals. As can be seen, the principles of adaptive programming can be used in solution of software system evolution.