Scene: Using Scenario Diagrams and Active Text for Illustrating Object-Oriented Programs (1996)
| Venue: | In Proceedings of the 18th international conference on software engineering |
| Citations: | 34 - 4 self |
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@INPROCEEDINGS{Koskimies96scene:using,
author = {Kai Koskimies and Hanspeter Mössenböck},
title = {Scene: Using Scenario Diagrams and Active Text for Illustrating Object-Oriented Programs},
booktitle = {In Proceedings of the 18th international conference on software engineering},
year = {1996},
pages = {366--375}
}
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Abstract
Scenario diagrams are a well-known notation for visualizing the message flow in object-oriented systems. Traditionally, they are used in the analysis and design phases of software development to prototype the expected behavior of a system. We show how they can be used reversely for understanding and browsing existing software. We have implemented a tool called Scene that automatically produces scenario diagrams for existing objectoriented systems. The tool makes extensive use of an active text framework providing the basis for various hypertext-like facilities. It allows the user to browse not only scenarios but also various kinds of associated documents, such as source code (method definitions and calls), class interfaces, class diagrams, and call matrices. 1 Introduction The static structure of object-oriented software is usually easy to understand because of the close correspondence between the software units (classes) and the concepts of the application domain. However, the dynami...
