Integrating COTS Search Engines into Eclipse: Google Desktop Case Study

Author

Poshyvanyk, Denys ; Petrenko, Maksym ; Marcus, Andrian

Author_Institution

Wayne State Univ., Detroit

fYear

2007

fDate

20-26 May 2007

Firstpage

6

Lastpage

6

Abstract

The paper presents an integration of the Google desktop search (GDS) engine into the eclipse development environment. The resulting tool, namely Google eclipse search (GES), provides enhanced searching in eclipse software projects. The paper advocates for a COTS component-based approach to develop useful and reliable research prototypes, which support various software maintenance tasks. The development effort for such the tools is reduced, while customization and flexibility, to fully support the needs of developers, is maintained. The proposed solution takes advantages of the power of GDS for quick and accurate searching and of eclipse for great extensibility. The paper outlines our experiences of integrating GDS engine into eclipse as well as possible extensions and applications of the proposed tool.

Keywords

Internet; object-oriented programming; search engines; software packages; COTS component; Eclipse development environment; Google Eclipse Search; Google desktop search engine; Application software; Indexing; Internet; Prototypes; Search engines; Software maintenance; Software prototyping; Software systems; Software tools; Switches;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Incorporating COTS Software into Software Systems: Tools and Techniques, 2007. IWICSS '07. Second International Workshop on

Conference_Location

Minneapolis, MN

Print_ISBN

0-7695-2966-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IWICSS.2007.7

Filename

4273232