NDLI: Tool support for systematic class identification in object-oriented software architectures

Content Provider	IEEE Xplore Digital Library
Author	Barber, K.S. Graser, T.J.
Copyright Year	2000
Description	Author affiliation: Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Texas Univ., Austin, TX, USA (Barber, K.S.)
Abstract	Software architectures have received considerable attention in both research and practice for representing system stakeholder concerns, and many researchers have leveraged object oriented models and methods for software architecture representation and evaluation. While the benefits associated with object oriented approaches are closely aligned with desirable qualities for software architectures (e.g., reusability, extensibility, comprehensibility, performance), these benefits are only realized through rational decision making by the analyst when identifying object oriented classes from a requirements specification. Traditionally, the class identification process has been somewhat subjective, with different analysts often arriving at completely different class models from the same requirements specification. Since this subjectivity does not lend itself to automation, little tool support is available for identifying object oriented classes and their relationships. The paper describes a tool under development, Reference Architecture Representation Environment (RARE), designed to systematically guide the analyst through class identification by applying heuristics associated with quality attributes and evaluating the resulting architecture based on relevant static metrics. RARE helps address a number of challenges typically faced during the class identification process, including: (1) developing an architecture that reflects the quality attributes prioritized by the analyst, (2) managing inherent conflicts between selected attributes, and (3) capturing analyst expertise and rationale for use by others.
Starting Page	82
Ending Page	93
File Size	991163
Page Count	12
File Format	PDF
ISBN	0769509185
ISSN	15302067
DOI	10.1109/TOOLS.2000.891360
Language	English
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Publisher Date	2000-11-20
Publisher Place	Australia
Access Restriction	Subscribed
Rights Holder	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Subject Keyword	Software tools Computer architecture Software architecture Object oriented modeling Performance analysis Programming Failure analysis Laboratories Intelligent systems Decision making
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Computer Science Engineering

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