Tool support for reverse engineering multi-lingual software

Author

Hendrix, T. Dean ; Cross, James H., II ; Barowski, Larry A. ; Mathias, Karl S.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Comput. Sci. & Eng., Auburn Univ., AL, USA

fYear

1997

fDate

6-8 Oct 1997

Firstpage

136

Lastpage

143

Abstract

Multi-lingual software systems are those in which the component modules are implemented in multiple languages. Reverse engineering such systems raises several issues, particularly with regard to providing automated tool support for the process. GRASP is a prototype software engineering tool designed to provide visualization of software control structure, complexity, and architecture. The paper describes GRASP and its use in reverse engineering multi-lingual software systems

Keywords

computer aided software engineering; data visualisation; program control structures; reverse engineering; software tools; GRASP; automated tool support; multi-lingual software systems; prototype software engineering tool; reverse engineering; software architecture visualization; software complexity visualization; software control structure visualization; Automatic control; Computer aided software engineering; Computer science; Design engineering; Reverse engineering; Software engineering; Software prototyping; Software systems; Software tools; Visualization;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Reverse Engineering, 1997. Proceedings of the Fourth Working Conference on

Conference_Location

Amsterdam

Print_ISBN

0-8186-8162-4

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/WCRE.1997.624584

Filename

624584