Linking Syntactic and Semantic Models of Java Source Code within a Program Transformation System

2012 ◽  
Author(s):  
Victor L. Winter ◽  
Jonathan Guerrero ◽  
Alexander James ◽  
Carl Reinke
Keyword(s):  
Program Transformation ◽  
Source Code ◽  
Transformation System ◽  
Semantic Models

USING DOMAIN KNOWLEDGE TO IMPROVE REVERSE ENGINEERING

1996 ◽  
Vol 06 (03) ◽  
pp. 477-505 ◽  
Author(s):  
HARALD C. GALL ◽  
RENÉ R. KLÖSCH ◽  
ROLAND T. MITTERMEIR
Keyword(s):  
Reverse Engineering ◽  
Program Transformation ◽  
Domain Knowledge ◽  
Source Code ◽  
Object Oriented ◽  
Transformation Process ◽  
Legacy Systems ◽  
General Domain ◽  
Basic Concepts ◽  
Architectural Transformation

Integrating application domain knowledge into reverse engineering is an important step to overcome the shortcomings of conventional reverse engineering approaches that are based exclusively on information derivable from source code. In this paper, we show the basic concepts of a program transformation process from a conventional to an object-oriented architecture which incorporates extraneous higher-level knowledge in its process. To which degree this knowledge might stem from some general domain knowledge, and to which extent it needs to be introduced as application dependent knowledge by a human expert is discussed. The paper discusses these issues in the context of the architectural transformation of legacy systems to an object-oriented architecture.

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