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Improving Program Comprehension by Automatic Metamodel Abstraction

Michal Vagac¹ and Jan Kollar²

1. Department of Informatics, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Matej Bel University
   Tajovskeho 40, 974 01 Banska Bystrica, Slovakia
   michal.vagac@gmail.com
2. Department of Computers and Informatics, Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Informatics, Technical University of Kosice
   Letna 9, 042 00 Kosice, Slovakia
   Jan.Kollar@tuke.sk

Abstract

The maintenance of a software system represents an important part in its lifetime. In general, each software system is the subject of different kinds of changes. Bug fixes and a new functionality extensions are the most common reasons for a change. Usually, a change is accomplished by source code modifications. To make such a modification, correct understanding the current state of a system is required. This paper presents the innovative approach to the simplification of program comprehension. Based on the presented method, the affected software system is analysed and metamodel for the selected feature is created. The feature represents functional aspect of a system being the subject of the analysis and change. The main benefit is that by focusing on well known (and precisely described) parts of program implementation, it is possible to create metamodel for implementation parts automatically. The level of metamodel is at a higher level of abstraction than implementation.

Key words

aspect-oriented programming, feature location, metalevel architectures, program comprehension, reverse engineering, software change

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

https://doi.org/10.2298/CSIS110406047V

Publication information

Volume 9, Issue 1 (January 2012)
Year of Publication: 2012
ISSN: 2406-1018 (Online)
Publisher: ComSIS Consortium

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Vagac, M., Kollar, J.: Improving Program Comprehension by Automatic Metamodel Abstraction. Computer Science and Information Systems, Vol. 9, No. 1, 235-247. (2012), https://doi.org/10.2298/CSIS110406047V