Title :
Context-aware browsing of large component repositories
Author :
Ye, Yunwen ; Fischer, Gerhard
Author_Institution :
SRA Key Technol. Lab., Inc, Tokyo, Japan
Abstract :
The paper proposes a novel approach to locating software components from a large component repository: context-aware browsing. Without any explicit input from software developers, this approach automatically locates and presents a list of software components that could possibly be used in the current development situation. This automation of the component location process not only greatly reduces the search space of components so that software developers can easily browse and choose the desired components, but also enables software developers to use components whose existence they do not even anticipate. A software agent that supports context-aware browsing has been developed and evaluated.
Keywords :
automatic programming; information retrieval; object-oriented programming; software agents; software libraries; component location process; context-aware browsing; development situation; large component repositories; search space; software agent; software components; software developers; Application software; Automation; Java; Laboratories; Packaging; Productivity; Programming; Software agents; Software libraries; Software packages;
Conference_Titel :
Automated Software Engineering, 2001. (ASE 2001). Proceedings. 16th Annual International Conference on
Print_ISBN :
0-7695-1426-X
DOI :
10.1109/ASE.2001.989795