Lionel Seinturier received his Ph.D. in computer science from the Conservatoire National des Arts et M tiers, Paris, in December 1997. He holds a research position in computer science at LIFL, a computer science research laboratory that is jointly owned by the University of Lille (France) and INRIA (the French research agency for computer science). He is also an assistant professor in computer science at the University of Paris VI. Before joining academia, Seinturier also worked as a research engineer for France Telecom's research and development department, on the integration of ATM network technology and CORBA middleware. Seinturier's research interests include AOP and systems, middleware, and distributed algorithms. He is one of the programmers of the JAC AOP framework and the author of more than 25 international publications, including articles and tutorials on AOP.

Introducing AOP.- The Concepts of AOP.- AspectJ.- Java Aspect Components.- JBoss AOP.- Spring AOP.- AOP Tools Comparison.- Design Patterns and AOP.- Quality of Service and AOP.- Presentation of the Sample Application.- Using AOP within the Sample Application's Business Tier.- Using AOP in the Sample Application's Presentation and Client Tiers.

* The concepts of AOP are presented independently of any particular implementation

* The book covers all 4 major existing tools for AOP: AspectJ, JBoss AOP, AspectWerkz, JAC

* The book covers the implementation of a technical aspect based on the Hibernate object/relational persistence framework, a J2EE application implemented with AspectJ, and applications of AOP in the domains of programming by contracts, program testing, and application management