A Naked Objects based Framework for Developing Android Business Applications

Fabiano Freitas, Paulo Henrique M. Maia

2016

Abstract

Naked Objects is an architectural pattern in which the business objects are handled directly in the user interface. In this pattern, developers are responsible only for the creation of business classes and do not need to concern with the implementation of the other layers. Although used in several frameworks for making the development of web and desktop systems faster, there is still a lack of tools that add the benefits of that pattern to the creation of Android applications. This paper introduces JustBusiness, a Naked Objects based framework that aims at supporting the creation of Android applications through automatic generation of user interfaces and persistence code from mapping the business classes. Two case studies that describe how the framework was used and its evaluation are also provided.

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Freitas F. and M. Maia P. (2016). A Naked Objects based Framework for Developing Android Business Applications . In Proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems - Volume 1: ICEIS, ISBN 978-989-758-187-8, pages 348-358. DOI: 10.5220/0005872203480358


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@conference{iceis16,
author={Fabiano Freitas and Paulo Henrique M. Maia},
title={A Naked Objects based Framework for Developing Android Business Applications},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems - Volume 1: ICEIS,},
year={2016},
pages={348-358},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0005872203480358},
isbn={978-989-758-187-8},
}


in EndNote Style

TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems - Volume 1: ICEIS,
TI - A Naked Objects based Framework for Developing Android Business Applications
SN - 978-989-758-187-8
AU - Freitas F.
AU - M. Maia P.
PY - 2016
SP - 348
EP - 358
DO - 10.5220/0005872203480358