Title :
Changes, Defects and Polymorphism: Is There Any Correlation?
Author :
Mihancea, P.F. ; Marinescu, Corneliu
Author_Institution :
LOOSE Res. Group, Politeh. Univ. of Timisoara, Timisoara, Romania
Abstract :
Source code is better than concrete code when it comes to reduced change likelihood. Trying to provide empirical evidence for this assumption, we investigate if there are any correlations between the usage of partially polymorphic calls in classes and their change and defect likelihood. Based on the provided evidence, practitioners are advised about the potential impact of polymorphism at the source code level.
Keywords :
object-oriented methods; change likelihood reduction; concrete code; defect likelihood; defects; object-oriented technology; partially polymorphic calls; source code level; Approximation methods; Concrete; Correlation; Couplings; Educational institutions; IEEE Computer Society; Measurement; changes; defects; empirical study; metrics; polymorphism;
Conference_Titel :
Software Maintenance and Reengineering (CSMR), 2013 17th European Conference on
Conference_Location :
Genova
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-5833-0
DOI :
10.1109/CSMR.2013.45
