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Generation of Components for Software Renovation Factories from Context-free Grammars
"... We present an approach for the generation of components for a software renovation factory. These components are generated from a context-free grammar definition that recognizes the code that has to be renovated. We generate analysis and transformation components that can be instantiated with a speci ..."
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We present an approach for the generation of components for a software renovation factory. These components are generated from a context-free grammar definition that recognizes the code that has to be renovated. We generate analysis and transformation components that can be instantiated with a specific transformation or analysis task. We apply our approach to COBOL and we discuss the construction of realistic software renovation components using our approach.
Current Parsing Techniques in Software Renovation Considered Harmful
- Proceedings of the Sixth International Workshop on Program Comprehension
, 1998
"... We evaluate the parsing technology used by people working in the reengineering industry. We discuss parser generators and complete systems like Yacc, TXL, TAMPR, REFINE, CobolTransformer, COSMOS, and ASF+SDF. We explain the merits and drawbacks of the various techniques. We conclude that current tec ..."
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We evaluate the parsing technology used by people working in the reengineering industry. We discuss parser generators and complete systems like Yacc, TXL, TAMPR, REFINE, CobolTransformer, COSMOS, and ASF+SDF. We explain the merits and drawbacks of the various techniques. We conclude that current technology may cause problems for the reengineering industry and that modular and/or compositional parsing techniques are a possible solution. Categories and Subject Description: D.2.6 [Software Engineering ]: Programming Environments---Interactive; D.2.7 [Software Engineering]: Distribution and Maintenance--- Restructuring; D.3.4. [Processors]: Parsing. Additional Key Words and Phrases: Reengineering, System renovation, Parsing, Generalized LR parsing, compositional grammars, modular grammars. 1 Introduction A hardly controversial statement in the reengineering community is that in order to reengineer software it is convenient to parse it. Maybe due to the overall agreement on this issue, ...
Native Patterns
- Proceedings of the Fifth Working Conference on Reverse Engineering
, 1998
"... We generate a native pattern language from a context-free grammar. So if we have the underlying grammar of code that needs to be analyzed, or renovated the pattern language comes for free. We use native patterns for recognition and renovation of code. The pattern language is global in the sense that ..."
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We generate a native pattern language from a context-free grammar. So if we have the underlying grammar of code that needs to be analyzed, or renovated the pattern language comes for free. We use native patterns for recognition and renovation of code. The pattern language is global in the sense that patterns can match entire programs. We illustrate native patterns by discussing a tool that remediates a notoriously difficult Year 2000 problem using native patterns. Categories and Subject Description: D.2.6 [Software Engineering ]: Programming Environments---Interactive; D.2.7 [Software Engineering]: Distribution and Maintenance--- Restructuring; D.3.4. [Processors]: Parsing. Additional Key Words and Phrases: Reengineering, System renovation, Patterns, Plans, Clich'es, Native pattern language, Year 2000 problem, Leap year problem. 1 Introduction One key task in reengineering software is the recognition of problematic code. For example, for Year 2000 related remediation, it is necessa...
