Scenario-driven dynamic analysis for comprehending large software systems

Author

Salah, Maher ; Mancoridis, Spiros ; Antoniol, Giuliano ; Di Penta, Massimiliano

Author_Institution

Dept. of Comput. Sci., Drexel Univ., Philadelphia, PA

fYear

2006

fDate

22-24 March 2006

Lastpage

80

Abstract

Understanding large software systems is simplified when a combination of techniques for static and dynamic analysis is employed. Effective dynamic analysis requires that execution traces be generated by executing scenarios that are representative of the system´s typical usage. This paper presents an approach that uses dynamic analysis to extract views of a software system at different levels, namely (1) use cases views, (2) module interaction views, and (3) class interaction views. The proposed views can be used to help maintainers locate features to be changed. The proposed approach is evaluated against a large software system, the Mozilla Web browser

Keywords

reverse engineering; software maintenance; system monitoring; Mozilla Web browser; class interaction views; large software system comprehension; module interaction views; scenario-driven dynamic analysis; use cases views; Computer science; Costs; Graphical user interfaces; Instruments; Programming; Runtime; Software maintenance; Software performance; Software systems; Yarn;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Software Maintenance and Reengineering, 2006. CSMR 2006. Proceedings of the 10th European Conference on

Conference_Location

Bari

ISSN

1534-5351

Print_ISBN

0-7695-2536-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CSMR.2006.47

Filename

1602359