A Framework Profile of .NET

Author

Lämmel, Ralf ; Linke, Rufus ; Pek, Ekaterina ; Varanovich, Andrei

Author_Institution

Software Languages Team & ADAPT Lab., Univ. Koblenz-Landau, Koblenz, Germany

fYear

2011

fDate

17-20 Oct. 2011

Firstpage

141

Lastpage

150

Abstract

We develop a basic form of framework comprehension which is based on simple, reuse-related metrics for the as-implemented design and usage of frameworks. To this end, we provide a framework profile which incorporates potential reuse characteristics (e.g., specializability of types in a framework) as well as actual reuse characteristics (e.g., evidence of specialization of framework types in projects). We apply framework comprehension in an empirical study of the Microsoft. NET Framework. The approach is helpful in several contexts of software reverse and re-engineering.

Keywords

network operating systems; reverse engineering; software metrics; software reusability; systems re-engineering; .NET framework; Microsoft; framework comprehension; framework profile; reuse-related metrics; software reengineering; software reverse; Concrete; Context; Libraries; Measurement; Open source software; Performance analysis; .NET; dynamic program analysis; framework; framework design; framework profile; framework usage; inheritance; late binding; polymorphism; program comprehension; reuse; software metrics; type specialization;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Reverse Engineering (WCRE), 2011 18th Working Conference on

Conference_Location

Limerick

ISSN

1095-1350

Print_ISBN

978-1-4577-1948-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/WCRE.2011.25

Filename

6079837