Program and interface slicing for reverse engineering

A case is presented for the use of conventional and interface slicing as enabling mechanisms for numerous reverse engineering and reengineering tasks. The authors first discuss the applicability of conventional slicing to algorithm extraction and design recovery at statement-level granularity. They...

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Published inProceedings of 1993 15th International Conference on Software Engineering pp. 509 - 518
Main Authors Beck, J., Eichmann, D.
Format Conference Proceeding
LanguageEnglish
Published IEEE Comput. Soc. Press 1993
Subjects
Algorithm design and analysis
Computer science
Hardware
Lattices
Programming
Reverse engineering
Software design
Software maintenance
Software systems
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ISBN9780818637001
0818637005
ISSN0270-5257
DOI10.1109/ICSE.1993.346015

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Summary:A case is presented for the use of conventional and interface slicing as enabling mechanisms for numerous reverse engineering and reengineering tasks. The authors first discuss the applicability of conventional slicing to algorithm extraction and design recovery at statement-level granularity. They then present interface slicing and show how it provides similar capabilities at module-level granularity. Module is a general term for a collection of subprograms, possibly with information hiding mechanisms: It includes but is not limited to Ada packages. Component refers to a module in a reuse repository. A component is thus a code asset of a repository, possibly also incorporated into a program. Ada is used for the example, as Ada's features facilitate the types of transformations which are invoked.< >
ISBN:9780818637001
0818637005
ISSN:0270-5257
DOI:10.1109/ICSE.1993.346015