Using visualization for architectural localization and extraction

Author

Jerding, Dean ; Rugaber, Spencer

Author_Institution

Coll. of Comput., Georgia Inst. of Technol., Atlanta, GA, USA

fYear

1997

fDate

6-8 Oct 1997

Firstpage

56

Lastpage

65

Abstract

Understanding the architecture of a program requires determining both the major components into which the system is broken and the ways in which the components interact to accomplish the program´s goals. Both static and dynamic analyses of the software can aid in obtaining this understanding. The paper describes an analysis technique for gaining such understanding and a visualization tool, called ISVis, that supports it. The technique is applied to the problem of enhancing the Mosaic Web browser by both visualizing its architecture and finding the components of the browser into which an enhancement should be inserted

Keywords

Internet; information retrieval; online front-ends; reverse engineering; visual programming; ISVis; Mosaic Web browser; architectural localization; component interaction; dynamic analyses; program understanding; visualization tool; Computer architecture; Computer displays; Connectors; Educational institutions; Information analysis; Page description languages; Programming; Service oriented architecture; Software architecture; Visualization;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Reverse Engineering, 1997. Proceedings of the Fourth Working Conference on

Conference_Location

Amsterdam

Print_ISBN

0-8186-8162-4

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/WCRE.1997.624576

Filename

624576