This paper presents a method to build and maintain traceability links and properties of a set of object-oriented software releases. The method recovers an ‘as is’ design from C++ software releases, compares recovered designs at the class interface level, and helps the user to deal with inconsistencies by pointing out regions of code where differences are concentrated. The comparison step exploits edit distance and a maximum match algorithm. The method has been experimented with on two freely available C++ systems. Results as well as examples of applications to the visualization of the traceability information and to the estimation of the size of changes during maintenance are reported in the paper.

Maintaining Traceability During Object-Oriented Software Evolution

DE LUCIA, Andrea
2001-01-01

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This paper presents a method to build and maintain traceability links and properties of a set of object-oriented software releases. The method recovers an ‘as is’ design from C++ software releases, compares recovered designs at the class interface level, and helps the user to deal with inconsistencies by pointing out regions of code where differences are concentrated. The comparison step exploits edit distance and a maximum match algorithm. The method has been experimented with on two freely available C++ systems. Results as well as examples of applications to the visualization of the traceability information and to the estimation of the size of changes during maintenance are reported in the paper.
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