Title :
OGAN: Visualizing object interaction scenarios based on dynamic interaction context
Author :
Munakata, Satoshi ; Ishio, Takashi ; Inoue, Katsuro
Author_Institution :
Osaka Univ., Suita
Abstract :
Visualizing an execution trace of an object-oriented system as sequence diagrams is effective to understand the behavior of the system. To support developers to understand concrete interaction among classes, our tool named OGAN extracts sequence diagrams representing interaction scenarios for a pair of classes specified by a user. OGAN classifies objects into groups based on their neighbor classes that directly interact with the objects, and visualizes interaction scenarios for each pair of object groups.
Keywords :
object-oriented programming; program diagnostics; program visualisation; reverse engineering; OGAN tool; class interaction scenario; dynamic interaction context; execution trace visualization; object interaction scenario visualization; object-oriented system; sequence diagram; system behavior understanding; Automata; Calendars; Collaboration; Collaborative work; Concrete; Java; Processor scheduling; Protocols; Visualization; Yarn;
Conference_Titel :
Program Comprehension, 2009. ICPC '09. IEEE 17th International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Vancouver, BC
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-3998-0
Electronic_ISBN :
1092-8138
DOI :
10.1109/ICPC.2009.5090059