Static Architecture-Conformance Checking: An Illustrative Overview

Author

Passos, Leonardo ; Terra, Ricardo ; Valente, Marco Tulio ; Diniz, Renato ; Men, Nabor

Author_Institution

Fed. Univ. of the Jequitinhonha & Mucuri Valleys, Jequitinhonha, Brazil

Volume

27

Issue

5

fYear

2010

Firstpage

82

Lastpage

89

Abstract

In this article, the authors compare and illustrate the use of three static architecture-conformance techniques: dependency-structure matrices, source code query languages, and reflexion models. To highlight the similarities and differences between these three techniques, they describe how to apply some of the techniques´ available supporting tools to specify and check architectural constraints for a simple personal information management system.

Keywords

conformance testing; query languages; software architecture; software metrics; source coding; architectural constraint checking; conformance checking; dependency-structure matrices; personal information management system; reflexion models; source code query languages; static architecture; Computer architecture; Computer bugs; Database languages; Information management; Java; Packaging; Programming; Software architecture; Software packages; Software systems; architectural erosion; architecture conformance; dependency-structure matrices; software reflexion models; source code query languages;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Software, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0740-7459

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/MS.2009.117

Filename

5204070