Title :
Automated Cobol to Java recycling
Author :
Mossienko, Maxim
Author_Institution :
LANIT-TERCOM, St. Petersburg State Univ., Russia
Abstract :
In this paper an approach for automated source-to-source translation from Cobol to Java is presented. The primary goal of this approach is to ensure that the generated code will be maintainable. In some cases this is achieved even by sacrificing complete functional equivalence of the generated code with the original program. We also intensively use encapsulation to hide away difficulties of language conversion process from the maintenance engineer. We discuss results of practical application of this approach on examples taken from the real-life programs.
Keywords :
COBOL; Java; data encapsulation; object-oriented programming; program interpreters; software maintenance; software tools; automated Cobol to Java recycling; automated source-to-source translation; encapsulation; language conversion process; legacy applications; software maintenance; Computer languages; Encapsulation; Hardware; Java; Maintenance engineering; Operating systems; Recycling; Software systems; TCPIP; XML;
Conference_Titel :
Software Maintenance and Reengineering, 2003. Proceedings. Seventh European Conference on
Print_ISBN :
0-7695-1902-4
DOI :
10.1109/CSMR.2003.1192409