Title :
Rule-based detection for reverse engineering user interfaces
Author :
Moore, Melody M.
Author_Institution :
Coll. of Comput., Georgia Inst. of Technol., Atlanta, GA, USA
Abstract :
Reengineering the user interface can be a critical part of the migration of any large information system. The paper details experiences with manually reverse engineering legacy applications to build a model of the user interface functionality, and to develop a technique for partially automating this process. The results show that a language-independent set of rules can be used to detect user interface components from legacy code, and also illustrate problems that require dynamic analysis to solve them
Keywords :
information systems; reverse engineering; software engineering; systems analysis; systems re-engineering; user interfaces; dynamic analysis; language-independent rules; large information system migration; legacy applications; legacy code; manual reverse engineering; partial automation; rule-based detection; user interface component detection; user interface functionality model; user interface reengineering; user interface reverse engineering; Automation; Business process re-engineering; Computer interfaces; Educational institutions; Graphical user interfaces; Information systems; Open systems; Reverse engineering; User interfaces; Workstations;
Conference_Titel :
Reverse Engineering, 1996., Proceedings of the Third Working Conference on
Conference_Location :
Monterey, CA
Print_ISBN :
0-8186-7674-4
DOI :
10.1109/WCRE.1996.558844
