Tools for preventive software maintenance

Author

Lieberherr, Karl J. ; Holland, Ian M.

Author_Institution

Coll. of Comput. Sci., Northeastern Univ., Boston, MA, USA

fYear

1989

fDate

16-19 Oct 1989

Firstpage

2

Lastpage

13

Abstract

Tools for preventive maintenance of software which is written following the object-oriented paradigm are discussed. A set of guidelines, called the Law of Demeter is described, and its implications for software maintenance are discussed (K.J. Lieberherr, I. Holland, 1989). The advantages of grammar-based object-oriented design and programming for software maintenance are discussed. Two kinds of grammar-based maintenance tool are studied: class evolution tools, especially an automatic class parameterization tool and growth plan tools with applications to software maintenance planning and regression testing

Keywords

automatic programming; grammars; object-oriented programming; software engineering; automatic class parameterization tool; class evolution tools; grammar-based maintenance tool; grammar-based object-oriented design; growth plan tools; object-oriented paradigm; preventive software maintenance; regression testing; software maintenance planning; Application software; Computer aided software engineering; Computer languages; Costs; Guidelines; Object oriented programming; Preventive maintenance; Software maintenance; Software testing; Software tools;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Software Maintenance, 1989., Proceedings., Conference on

Conference_Location

Miami, FL

Print_ISBN

0-8186-1965-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICSM.1989.65188

Filename

65188