A precise method for identifying reusable abstract data types in code

Author

Canfora, G. ; Cimitile, A. ; Tortorella, M. ; Munro, M.

Author_Institution

Dipartimento di Ingegneria dell´´Informazione ed Elettrica, Salerno Univ., Italy

fYear

1994

fDate

19-23 Sep 1994

Firstpage

404

Lastpage

413

Abstract

This paper presents the results of research within the RE² project of a refinement of two existing methods for identifying reusable abstract data types. These methods are based on the relationships existing between the user defined types and procedure-like components that use them in their headings and on direct dominance trees and strong direct dominance trees that are refinements of the call directed graph of a program. It shows how these methods can be used to give a more precise set of reusable abstract data types. The method is then applied to a program and the results are compared with the existing method

Keywords

abstract data types; software maintenance; software reliability; software reusability; RE² project; call directed graph; direct dominance trees; existing method; procedure-like components; reusable abstract data types; software component reuse; software engineering; software reliability; strong direct dominance trees; user defined types; Software design/development; Software maintenance; Software reliability; Software reusability;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Software Maintenance, 1994. Proceedings., International Conference on

Conference_Location

Victoria, BC

Print_ISBN

0-8186-6330-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICSM.1994.336754

Filename

336754