DocumentCode
1886291
Title
MAKAO
Author
Adams, Bram ; Tromp, Herman ; De Schutter, Kris ; De Meuter, Wolfgang
Author_Institution
Ghent Univ., Ghent
fYear
2007
fDate
2-5 Oct. 2007
Firstpage
517
Lastpage
518
Abstract
This demo presents MAKAO (Makefile Architecture Kernel featuring Aspect Orientation), a re(verse)-engineering framework for build systems. At its heart, MAKAO makes the build´s dependency graph available in a tangible way. Aside from visualisation, this enables powerful querying of all build-related data, as well as various filtering techniques to define views on the build architecture. If desired, all this gathered information can be put to use to write aspects for refactoring the build. Afterwards, validation rules can help in assessing failure or success.
Keywords
data visualisation; query processing; reverse engineering; software architecture; MAKAO; Makefile Architecture Kernel featuring Aspect Orientation; build architecture; build systems; build-related data querying; data visualisation; reverse-engineering framework; Data mining; Data visualization; Databases; Engines; Heart; Information filtering; Information filters; Kernel; Navigation; Target tracking;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Software Maintenance, 2007. ICSM 2007. IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location
Paris
ISSN
1063-6773
Print_ISBN
978-1-4244-1256-3
Electronic_ISBN
1063-6773
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/ICSM.2007.4362678
Filename
4362678
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