Automated API Property Inference Techniques

• Published in: IEEE transactions on software engineering Vol. 39; no. 5; pp. 613 - 637
• Main Authors: Robillard, M. P., Bodden, E., Kawrykow, D., Mezini, M., Ratchford, T.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York IEEE 01.05.2013; IEEE Computer Society
• Subjects: API; API evolution; API property; API usage pattern; Application programming interface; Association rules; Automated; Automation; Categories; Context; Data mining; Inference; interface; Itemsets; Organizations; pattern mining; Programming; programming rules; Protocols; Reusable; Software engineering; specifications; Statistical inference; Studies; Use statistics

Frameworks and libraries offer reusable and customizable functionality through Application Programming Interfaces (APIs). Correctly using large and sophisticated APIs can represent a challenge due to hidden assumptions and requirements. Numerous approaches have been developed to infer properties of...