Object-Oriented Technology. ECOOP 2008 Workshop Reader

This volume presents the reports from the workshops held in conjunction with theEuropeanConferenceonObject-OrientedProgramming(ECOOP2008),t- ing place in its 22nd edition at Coral Beach in Paphos, Cyprus, July 7-11 2008. As is customary, the workshops introduced the conference, taking place on the ?rst two days (July 7 and July 8 2008) prior to the main technical track. The workshopswere ?rst chosen through a rigorousprocesswith stringent sel- tion criteria, carried out by the members of the Workshop Selection Committee. This volumecollectsreportsfromthe resultinghigh-qualityworkshops. The t- ics covered span areas related to object-oriented programming and technology, such as programming languages, aspects, parallel computing, formal techniques, software engineering, tools, and applications. By summarizing the outcome of theseworkshops,thisvolumeprovidesreaderswithacomprehensivesetofpoi- ers into current trends and issues of intense investigation and debate in the ?eld of object-oriented technology. Following the tradition, the individual workshop reports summarize the workshop goals, before providing an overview of the p- sentations and sometimes also a summary of the issues and ?ndings of debates fueled by the presentations. Some reports may also include a list of parti- pants or contributed position papers. Several of the reports also contain a list of references to relevant publications and websites, including the workshop home page which usually o?ers the contributed position papers for download and may present further material.