Removing Code Duplication with Roles

• Type: Article in International Conference Proceedings Book
• Date: 2013

Authors

Barbosa, FS (Author) Other; Ademar Aguiar (Author) FEUP

Conference proceedings International

Title: IEEE 12th International Conference on Intelligent Software Methodologies, Tools and Techniques, SoMeT 2013, Budapest, Hungary, September 22-24, 2013

Pages: 37-42

12th IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Software Methodologies, Tools and Techniques, SoMeT 2013

Budapest, 22 September 2013 through 24 September 2013

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Scopus - 4 Citations

Other information

Authenticus ID: P-009-C9E

DOI: 10.1109/somet.2013.6645656

Abstract (EN): The existence of replicated code in a system makes that system harder to maintain and evolve. To remove replicated code the usual way is to use refactorings. However there are always clones that cannot be removed by refactorings alone. Some are due to lack of composition mechanisms in the underlying programming language. We propose the use of roles to remove such clones since roles provide a finer degree of composition. We sketch four role refactorings to remove code clones and apply them in a case study using the JHotDraw framework. Results show that roles have a positive impact in clone reduction as they were able to remove almost all clones traditional refactorings could not. © 2013 IEEE.

Language: English

Type (Professor's evaluation): Scientific