An approach is presented that automatically determines if a given source code change impacts the design (i.e., UML class diagram) of the system. This allows code-to-design traceab...
Maen Hammad, Michael L. Collard, Jonathan I. Malet...
Most online evolution of application depends on its runtime environment. This paper addresses how to support online evolution by application server, which is considered as third k...
Most of today's software applications are built on top of libraries or frameworks. Just as applications evolve, libraries and frameworks also evolve. Upgrading is straightfor...
Reishi Yokomori, Harvey P. Siy, Masami Noro, Katsu...
Aspect oriented programming has been proposed as a way to improve modularity of software systems by allowing encapsulation of cross-cutting concerns. To do so, aspects specify whe...
—A measure of how a class is impacted during design evolution is presented. The history of design changes that involve a given class is the basis for the measure. Classes that ar...
Maen Hammad, Michael L. Collard, Jonathan I. Malet...