NDLI: Exploring the Intent behind API Evolution: A Case Study

Content Provider	IEEE Xplore Digital Library
Author	Daqing Hou Xiaojia Yao
Copyright Year	2011
Abstract	Reuse has significantly improved software productivity and quality. An application interacts with a reused system through its Application Programming Interfaces (API). To make the life of the application developer easier, it is desirable for the API to be both sufficiently powerful and stable. Unfortunately, in reality APIs inevitably change, to be more powerful or to remove design flaws. This may create additional work for the application developer to adapt to the changed API. Thus, to counter the negative impacts of API evolution, we need to study how and why APIs are evolved. To that end, we performed a detailed analysis of the evolution of a production API. In particular, we categorized the changes to the API according to its domain semantics and design intent. We discussed the implications of our findings for both API designers and application developers.
Starting Page	131
Ending Page	140
File Size	191778
Page Count	10
File Format	PDF
ISBN	9781457719486
ISSN	10951350
DOI	10.1109/WCRE.2011.24
Language	English
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Publisher Date	2011-10-17
Publisher Place	Ireland
Access Restriction	Subscribed
Rights Holder	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Subject Keyword	Java Documentation History Libraries Production Catalogs Data mining empirical studies Frameworks and libraries APIs software evolution design intent
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article

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1	Ministry of Education (GoI), Department of Higher Education	Sanctioning Authority	https://www.education.gov.in/ict-initiatives
2	Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur	Host Institute of the Project: The host institute of the project is responsible for providing infrastructure support and hosting the project	https://www.iitkgp.ac.in
3	National Digital Library of India Office, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur	The administrative and infrastructural headquarters of the project	Dr. B. Sutradhar bsutra@ndl.gov.in
4	Project PI / Joint PI	Principal Investigator and Joint Principal Investigators of the project	Dr. B. Sutradhar bsutra@ndl.gov.in Prof. Saswat Chakrabarti will be added soon
5	Website/Portal (Helpdesk)	Queries regarding NDLI and its services	support@ndl.gov.in
6	Contents and Copyright Issues	Queries related to content curation and copyright issues	content@ndl.gov.in
7	National Digital Library of India Club (NDLI Club)	Queries related to NDLI Club formation, support, user awareness program, seminar/symposium, collaboration, social media, promotion, and outreach	clubsupport@ndl.gov.in
8	Digital Preservation Centre (DPC)	Assistance with digitizing and archiving copyright-free printed books	dpc@ndl.gov.in
9	IDR Setup or Support	Queries related to establishment and support of Institutional Digital Repository (IDR) and IDR workshops	idr@ndl.gov.in

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