Abstract
The design and implementation of distributed real-time dependable systems is often dominated by non-functional considerations like timeliness, object placement and fault tolerance. In this paper we illustrate how aspect-oriented programming can be used to address the non-functional aspects of such system separately from the functional requirements and what benefits result from this separation of concerns. Besides the theoretical reflection we also present case study in which distribution, timeliness, and fault tolerance aspects are added to simple logging component. The examples are implemented using the emerging AspectC++ language for aspect-oriented programming with C++. In the course of this paper we also evaluated how well the general-purpose aspect language AspectC++ is suited to address the aspects specific to this domain.