Virtual Separation Of Concerns -

Traditional Separation of Concerns (SoC) usually requires —moving code into different classes, packages, or aspects. VSoC challenges this by keeping code in its original context but using tools to emulate modularity.

Modern IDEs like the Colored Integrated Development Environment (CIDE) allow developers to "color" code fragments associated with specific features. Virtual Separation of Concerns

Research in VSoC, led largely by Christian Kästner and his colleagues, has produced several specialized tools to support this workflow: Virtual Separation of Concerns