An object-oriented maintenance-oriented model for software

Author

Heisler, K.G. ; Tsai, W.T. ; Powell, P.A.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Comput. Sci., Minnesota Univ., Minneapolis, MN, USA

fYear

1989

fDate

Feb. 27 1989-March 3 1989

Firstpage

248

Lastpage

253

Abstract

The authors introduce an object-oriented model of software that is derived semiautomatically from the actual code. The model and its associated object methods are used to support basic tasks required during software maintenance. The object-oriented model provides a series of successively more abstract views of the code structure. Object methods provide an approximation to the functionality (specification) of the software as well as a two-way map between the functionality and the code structures. Object methods also provide the means of detailed connectivity analysis associated with the ripple effect and program-slicing types of activities during maintenance.<>

Keywords

object-oriented programming; software engineering; software tools; abstract views; code structure; connectivity analysis; functionality; object-oriented maintenance-oriented model; program-slicing; ripple effect; software maintenance; specification; Assembly; Bidirectional control; Computer bugs; Computer science; Error correction codes; Object oriented modeling; Preventive maintenance; Reverse engineering; Software maintenance;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

COMPCON Spring '89. Thirty-Fourth IEEE Computer Society International Conference: Intellectual Leverage, Digest of Papers.

Conference_Location

San Francisco, CA, USA

Print_ISBN

0-8186-1909-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CMPCON.1989.301936

Filename

301936