NDLI: Defining the problems of framework reuse

Content Provider	IEEE Xplore Digital Library
Author	Kirk, D. Roper, M. Wood, M.
Copyright Year	2002
Description	Author affiliation: Dept. of Comput. & Inf. Sci., Strathclyde Univ., Glasgow, UK (Kirk, D.; Roper, M.; Wood, M.)
Abstract	Frameworks are an attractive form of reuse due to their paradigmatic simplicity. Unfortunately their size and complexity makes understanding how to use them difficult. In addition documentation to support framework reuse often lacks experimental validation and there is little understanding of what artefacts must be documented to increase the effectiveness of documentation techniques. This report describes an empirical investigation into framework reuse. Its aim is to identify the major problems of reuse and the impact of current documentation techniques on these problems. A qualitative approach is employed and developer experiences are captured from three separate reuse studies using multiple forms of data capture. Four major reuse problems are identified by this report. Understanding the functionality of components; the interactions between components; the mapping from the problem domain to the framework implementation and understanding the architectural assumptions in the framework design. The effectiveness of current forms of documentation is evaluated using these problem categories and, as a result, a number of suggestions for improving developer support during reuse are made.
Starting Page	623
Ending Page	626
File Size	256083
Page Count	4
File Format	PDF
ISBN	0769517277
ISSN	07303157
DOI	10.1109/CMPSAC.2002.1045073
Language	English
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Publisher Date	2002-08-26
Publisher Place	UK
Access Restriction	Subscribed
Rights Holder	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Subject Keyword	Documentation Application software Kirk field collapse effect Large-scale systems Skeleton Reverse engineering Object oriented modeling Cultural differences Computer applications Vehicles
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Computer Science Applications Software

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