Using Intentional Source-Code Views to Aid Software Maintenance

The conceptual structure of existing software systems is often implicit or non-existing in the source code. We prolightweight abstraction of intentional source-code views as a means of making these conceptual structures more explicit. Based on the experience gained with two case studies, we illustrate how intentional source-code views can simplify and improve software understanding, maintenance and evolution in various ways. We present the results as a catalog of usage scenarios in a pattern-like format.

• Type: Conference
• Year: 2003
• Where: ICSM
• Authors: Kim Mens, Bernard Poll, Sebastián González
• Keywords: Conceptual Structures, ICSM 2003, Intentional Source-code Views, Software Engineering, Software Systems