LIFT -一个遗留信息检索工具

IF 0.7 4区计算机科学 Q4 COMPUTER SCIENCE, SOFTWARE ENGINEERING

Journal of Universal Computer Science Pub Date : 2008-01-01 DOI:10.6084/M9.FIGSHARE.96670.V1

K. Brito, V. Garcia, E. Almeida, S. Meira

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摘要

如今，软件系统对大多数组织的环境至关重要，它们的维护是支持业务动态的关键点。因此，知识重用的逆向工程遗留系统已成为软件行业关注的主要问题。本文在对逆向工程工具进行调查的基础上，讨论了一套有效的逆向工程工具的功能和非功能需求，并观察到当前的工具仅部分支持这些需求。此外，我们根据我们团队的经验和行业反馈定义新的需求，并呈现LIFT的体系结构和实现:基于这些需求开发的遗留信息检索工具。此外，我们还讨论了LIFT与已定义需求的遵从性。最后，我们将LIFT应用于一家金融机构的210KLOC NATURAL/ADABAS系统的逆向工程项目中，并与同一机构以前执行的类似项目进行了数据比较，分析了其有效性和可扩展性。

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LIFT – A Legacy InFormation Retrieval Tool

Nowadays software systems are essential to the environment of most organizations, and their maintenance is a key point to support business dynamics. Thus, reverse engineering legacy systems for knowledge reuse has become a major concern in software industry. This article, based on a survey about reverse engineering tools, discusses a set of functional and non- functional requirements for an effective tool for reverse engineering, and observes that current tools only partly support these requirements. In addition, we define new requirements, based on our group's experience and industry feedback, and present the architecture and implementation of LIFT: a Legacy InFormation retrieval Tool, developed based on these demands. Furthermore, we discuss the compliance of LIFT with the defined requirements. Finally, we applied the LIFT in a reverse engineering project of a 210KLOC NATURAL/ADABAS system of a financial institution and analyzed its effectiveness and scalability, comparing data with previous similar projects performed by the same institution.

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Journal of Universal Computer Science 工程技术-计算机：理论方法

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2.70

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审稿时长

4-8 weeks

期刊介绍： J.UCS - The Journal of Universal Computer Science - is a high-quality electronic publication that deals with all aspects of computer science. J.UCS has been appearing monthly since 1995 and is thus one of the oldest electronic journals with uninterrupted publication since its foundation.