On-Demand Quality-Oriented Assistance in Component-Based Software Evolution

During an architectural evolution of a component-based software, certain quality attributes may be weakened. This is due to the lack of an explicit definition of the links between these non-functional characteristics and the architectural decisions implementing them. In this paper, we present a solu...

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Published inComponent-Based Software Engineering pp. 294 - 309
Main Authors Tibermacine, Chouki, Fleurquin, Régis, Sadou, Salah
Format Book Chapter Conference Proceeding
LanguageEnglish
Published Berlin, Heidelberg Springer Berlin Heidelberg 2006
Springer
SeriesLecture Notes in Computer Science
Subjects
Applied sciences
Architectural Evolution
Architecture Description
Computer science; control theory; systems
Exact sciences and technology
Prototype Tool
Quality Attribute
Software
Software Architecture
Software engineering
Software component
Formal specification
Documentation
Software quality
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Summary:During an architectural evolution of a component-based software, certain quality attributes may be weakened. This is due to the lack of an explicit definition of the links between these non-functional characteristics and the architectural decisions implementing them. In this paper, we present a solution that aims at assisting the software maintainer during an evolution activity on his demand. It requires the definition of a documentation during development, organized in the form of bindings between formal descriptions of architectural decisions and their targeted quality attributes. Through an assistance algorithm, the approach uses this documentation in order to notify the maintainer of the possible effects of architectural changes on quality requirements. We also present a prototype tool which automates our proposals. This tool and the overall approach has been experienced on a real-world software in order to validate them.
ISBN:9783540356288
3540356282
ISSN:0302-9743
1611-3349
DOI:10.1007/11783565_21