Inference of graphical AUIDL specifications for the reverse engineering of user interfaces

Author

Merlo, E. ; Gagne, P.-Y. ; Thiboutot, Alain

Author_Institution

Dept. de Genie Electr. Genie Inf., Ecole Polytech., Montreal, Que., Canada

fYear

1994

fDate

19-23 Sep 1994

Firstpage

80

Lastpage

88

Abstract

A method is presented for inferring abstract user interface specifications from structural and behavioural information which is extracted from the source code. Original algorithms for inference and transformation of user interface specifications are presented together with examples of user interface reverse engineering taken from a COBOL/CICS environment. Current limits and directions for further research are also discussed

Keywords

COBOL; diagrams; formal specification; software maintenance; specification languages; user interfaces; Abstract User Interface Design Language; COBOL/CICS environment; Inference; abstract user interface specifications; behavioural information; graphical AUIDL specification; reverse engineering; source code; structural information; user interface reverse engineering; user interfaces; Software design/development; Software maintenance; Software requirements and specifications; Specification languages; User interfaces;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Software Maintenance, 1994. Proceedings., International Conference on

Conference_Location

Victoria, BC

Print_ISBN

0-8186-6330-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICSM.1994.336787

Filename

336787