Exploring the use of Package Templates for flexible re-use of Collections of related Classes.

• DOI: 10.5381/jot.2009.8.7.a1
• Publication Date: 2010-10-19T16:23:59Z
• Authors: Stein Krogdahl; Birger Møller-Ped...; Fredrik Sørensen
• Keywords: Template

It has been recognized that there is a need for language mechanism support reuse of collections related classes.Existing approaches either use an enclosing class this purpose, or introduce special new construct.In paper we explore the packages grouping classes.Ordinary are already classes, so combination and templates, i.e. package templates.By instantiating classes templates provided as if ordinary produced imported.