NDLI: Reverse engineering a large component-based software product

Content Provider	IEEE Xplore Digital Library
Author	Favre, J.-M. Duclos, F. Estublier, J. Sanlaville, R. Auffret, J.-J.
Copyright Year	2001
Description	Author affiliation: Inst. de Mecanique de Grenoble, Domaine Univ., France (Favre, J.-M.)
Abstract	Most research done to date on software maintenance has been focused mainly on the evolution of legacy systems based on obsolete technologies. However, the use of more recent, yet evolving technologies, like component-based techniques, also raises various issues about software comprehension and evolution. In particular, current industrial-strength component models such as COM are based on many technical aspects that make them difficult to understand and use. The evolution of large component-based software products is thus an emerging issue. This paper takes as a case study the component model developed and used by Dassault Syste/spl grave/mes, one of the largest software companies in Europe, for the development of its product lines, namely CATIA, DELMIA and ENOVIA. This paper shows how the use of a meta-model can help in understanding and reasoning about components, and how this meta-model constitutes a good basis for building a reverse engineering environment. Currently, two kinds of tools have been integrated in this environment: OMVT (Object Modeller Visualization Tool), which is Dassault Syste/spl grave/mes-specific, and GSEE (Generic Software Exploration Environment), which is a generic tool, independent of the meta-model used.
Sponsorship	IEEE Comput Soc Tech Council on Software Eng (TCSE)
Starting Page	95
Ending Page	104
File Size	1233318
Page Count	10
File Format	PDF
ISBN	0769510280
DOI	10.1109/CSMR.2001.914973
Language	English
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Publisher Date	2001-03-14
Publisher Place	Portugal
Access Restriction	Subscribed
Rights Holder	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Subject Keyword	Reverse engineering Software maintenance Software engineering Object oriented programming Europe Computer languages Computer industry Object oriented modeling Context modeling Software architecture
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article

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