Using a molecular metaphor to facilitate comprehension of 3D object diagrams

Author

Malloy, Brian A. ; Power, James F.

Author_Institution

Clemson Univ., SC, USA

fYear

2005

fDate

20-24 Sept. 2005

Firstpage

233

Lastpage

240

Abstract

This paper presents a strategy for the visualization of dynamic object relationships in Java programs. The metaphor of a chemical molecule is used to aid comprehension, and to help in reducing the size of the object graph. Our strategy has been implemented by dynamically instrumenting Java bytecode to collect trace data, which is then analyzed and visualized in 3D using VRML. Quantitative and graphical results are presented, based on an analysis of programs in the SPEC JVM98 and JOlden benchmark suites.

Keywords

Java; data visualisation; formal specification; object-oriented programming; program visualisation; virtual reality languages; 3D object diagrams; JOlden; Java bytecode; Java programs; SPEC JVM98; VRML; chemical molecule; dynamic object relationship visualization; molecular metaphor; object graph; Chemical elements; Computer architecture; Data visualization; Design engineering; Instruments; Java; Model driven engineering; Programming profession; Software systems; Unified modeling language;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Visual Languages and Human-Centric Computing, 2005 IEEE Symposium on

Print_ISBN

0-7695-2443-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/VLHCC.2005.66

Filename

1509508

Link To Document

https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=2030180