Context-aware application programming for mobile devices

Abstract

This research aims at facilitating the development of context-aware application software for mobile devices by providing a programming model, an implementation framework and a development environment. The programming model provides a multi-layered software architecture for context-aware application programming. The model supports developers to define contexts, behaviors and context-behavior binding rules through specifications and automates generation of context-aware application code based on the specifications. The implementation framework is a backbone program that implements the programming model. It facilitates the development in reducing the effort on the common tasks of context-awareness and help developers focus on the application-specific components. The development environment provides a series of tools to support the development of context-aware applications. These tools simplify the development process and provide the developed applications with robustness and testability.