%0 Journal Article %1 kazman99detective %A Kazman, Rick %A Carrière, S. Jeromy %D 1999 %J Autom. Softw. Eng. %K Dali architecture caseStudy reconstructing software tool %N 2 %P 107-138 %T Playing Detective: Reconstructing Software Architecture from Available Evidence. %U http://dblp.uni-trier.de/db/journals/ase/ase6.html#KazmanC99 %V 6

@article{kazman99detective, added-at = {2009-01-23T09:23:55.000+0100}, author = {Kazman, Rick and Carrière, S. Jeromy}, biburl = {https://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/2e600e605eba6cfe4b0f4d7d17f3e3ce5/ericbouwers}, date = {2003-12-04}, description = {The paper introduces Dali, a workbench to help an analyst tin extracting, manipulating and interpreting architectural information. Dali uses four techniques in order to reconstruct an architecture: 1) Extraction of static information from source artifacts (extracted views) 2) fusion of extracted views to form fused views containing more complete representations of the system 3) Development of user-defined architectural patterns 4) Visualization of resulting refined views These techniques are not new, but the finding of an architecture through the synergy of the parts and the model of user interaction through pattern matching and interpretation is claimed as a the main contribution. The Dali workbench consists of an extraction part, a repository, visualization and interaction tools and exporting facilities. After extracting basic information from the sources the results are stored in a database. The choice for storing information in a database is explicit because this allows the usage of SQL to retrieve interesting data. Also, it allows for easy exporting to other formats to allow manipulation of data through the usage of external tools. From the data stored in the database derived relations are calculated and stored. For example, the call-graph is lifted to a higher level. This derived data is again stored in the database. After explaining the workings of Dali two case studies are discussed. The complete process of extraction and refining the data until it gives a good overview of the system. This overview of the system is constructed by combining information from the inheritance and the call-graph to construct components. The interaction between the components is then illustrated by calls between files in the different components. Using Dali has revealed several differences between the as-built architecture and the as-designed architecture in the systems reviewed in the case-study.}, interhash = {0d129eee547c6ca3a5054b4ff5d36dc0}, intrahash = {e600e605eba6cfe4b0f4d7d17f3e3ce5}, journal = {Autom. Softw. Eng.}, keywords = {Dali architecture caseStudy reconstructing software tool}, number = 2, pages = {107-138}, timestamp = {2009-04-21T13:13:59.000+0200}, title = {Playing Detective: Reconstructing Software Architecture from Available Evidence.}, url = {http://dblp.uni-trier.de/db/journals/ase/ase6.html#KazmanC99}, volume = 6, year = 1999 }