The Declared Type Generalization Checker is a plug-in for Eclipse’s Java Development Tools (JDT) that supports developers in systematically finding and using better fitting types...
As programs evolve, newly added functionality sometimes no longer aligns with the original design, ending up scattered across the software system. Aspect mining tries to identify ...
Abstract. The Eclipse Graphical Modeling (GMF) Framework provides the major approach for implementing visual languages on top of the Eclipse platform. GMF relies on a family of mod...
As object-oriented class libraries evolve, classes are occasionally deprecated in favor of others with roughly the same functionality. In Java’s standard libraries, for example,...
It is well known that software maintenance and evolution are expensive activities, both in terms of invested time and money. Reverse engineering activities support the obtainment ...