Title :
Evaluating architectural extractors
Author :
Armstrong, M.N. ; Trudeau, C.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Comput. Sci., Waterloo Univ., Ont., Canada
Abstract :
One of the goals of reverse engineering a software system is to extract an architectural design from the source code. This paper compares a selection of tools available to perform this architectural recovery. The following tools are examined: Rigi (Muller, 1996), the Dali workbench (Kazman and Carriere, 1998), the Software Bookshelf (PBS) (Finnigan et al., 1997), CIA (Chen et al., 1990) and SNiFF+. This comparison is based on the abilities of the tools to perform data extraction, classification, and visualization. Of the tools evaluated, the Software Bookshelf and the Dali workbench were found to be the most suitable for architectural recovery
Keywords :
data visualisation; reverse engineering; software selection; software tools; CIA; Dali workbench; Rigi; SNiFF+; Software Bookshelf; architectural extractors; classification; data extraction; reverse engineering; software architectural design; software tools; source code; visualization; Data mining; Data visualization; Relational databases; Reverse engineering; Software engineering; Software prototyping; Software systems; Software tools; Trademarks; User interfaces;
Conference_Titel :
Reverse Engineering, 1998. Proceedings. Fifth Working Conference on
Conference_Location :
Honolulu, HI
Print_ISBN :
0-8186-8967-6
DOI :
10.1109/WCRE.1998.723173
