Feature location aims at locating pieces of code that implement a given set of features (requirements). It is a necessary first step in every program comprehension and maintenanc...
Traits are basically mixins or interfaces but with method bodies. In languages that support traits, classes are composed out of traits. There are two main advantages with traits. ...
To realize the benefits of Aspect Oriented Programming (AOP), developers must refactor active and legacy code bases into an AOP language. When refactoring, developers first need...
David Shepherd, Jeffrey Palm, Lori L. Pollock, Mar...
Program analysis has many applications in software engineering and high-performance computation, such as program understanding, debugging, testing, reverse engineering, and optimi...
Michelle Mills Strout, John M. Mellor-Crummey, Pau...
A lightweight fact extractor is presented that utilizes XML tools, such as XPath and XSLT, to extract static information from C++ source code programs. The source code is first co...
Michael L. Collard, Huzefa H. Kagdi, Jonathan I. M...