The ability to adapt to different computing environments
or external changes is an important requirement for both
stationary and mobile computing. Without this ability, all
requirements have to be foreseen, which is often not possible
in practice. Classical software engineering approaches often
lead to redeployment or even software migration. Therefore
loosely coupled software design and a dynamic adaptation
model are required. Dynamic aspect-oriented programming
(d-AOP) in conjunction with service oriented programming
is well suited to face this demand. One well known approach
providing a service-oriented component model is the OSGi
Service Platform.
