Evolving an existing software system is fundamentally different from developing one from scratch. Consequently, tools to support evolution must go beyond traditional development t...
ion. riented language features, such as abstract classes, inheritance, dynamic binding, and parameterized types. Middleware, such as object-oriented frameworks for host infrastruct...
Software architecture diagrams and metrics are wellknown and heavily used in many areas in software engineering. However, they are rarely combined in one (visual) representation. ...
Component Based Software Engineering has been perceived to have immense reuse potential. This area has evoked wide interest and has led to considerable investment in research and ...
Component-based reuse is a hopeful solution to the software crisis. Research on software architecture (SA) has revealed a component-based vision of the gross structure of software...