Reverse Engineering of Framework Design using a Meta-Patterns-based Approach

• Type: Article in International Conference Proceedings Book
• Date: 2005

Authors

Nuno Flores (Author) FEUP; Ademar Aguiar (Author) FEUP

Conference proceedings International

Title: 3RD ACS/IEEE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON COMPUTER SYSTEMS AND APPLICATIONS, 2005

Pages: 941-946

3rd IEEE/ACS International Conference on Computer Systems and Applications (AICCSA-05)

Cairo, EGYPT, JAN 03-06, 2005

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ISI Web of Knowledge - 5 Citations

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Scientific classification

FOS: Natural sciences > Computer and information sciences

CORDIS: Technological sciences > Technology > Computer technology > Software technology

Other information

Authenticus ID: P-000-75P

DOI: 10.1109/AICCSA.2005.1387158

Abstract (EN): Object-oriented frameworks are a powerfitl reuse technique but they are also very complex and difficult to design. Framework's design aims at separating the invariant aspects across several applications in a domain - frozen spots - from the aspects that vary among applications and thus must be kept flexible and customizable - hot spots. The flexibility and extensibility provided at hot spots is usually achieved by following common design patterns, which are often hard and tiresome to identify without proper documentation. This paper proposes a reverse engineering approach to identify the design patterns used in a framework, using a high-level hot spot representation. The goals of this work include: researching a design approach that produces usable intermediate reuse information; defining a representation for design patterns based on meta-patterns; and developing a supporting tool to automate the reverse engineering process.

Language: English

Type (Professor's evaluation): Scientific

No. of pages: 6