Architecture-level dependence analysis in support of software maintenance

Stafford, Judith A.; Wolf, Alexander L.

doi:10.1145/288408.288441

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“…external programs or devices), event broadcast, client-server protocols, temporal ordering, etc. (Allen and Garlan 1997;Li et al 2005a;Mehta et al 2000;Stafford and Wolf 1998). Using the previous example for dependencies at the application management level again, a behavioral dependency exists between the web server and the TCP/IP-stack as well, because the web server needs the TCP/IPstack in order to perform its tasks.…”

Section: Types Of Dependenciesmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Most of the more recent definitions (Cox et al 2001;Loyall and Mathisen 1993;Mehta et al 2000;Podgurski and Clarke 1990;Stafford and Wolf 1998) describe dependencies in software systems as relations between components. These dependencies, regardless of their complexity, provide mechanisms for transferring data, control, or both from one component to another.…”

Section: Definition Of Dependencies In the Literaturementioning

confidence: 99%

“…Structural Dependencies Often, when talking about dependencies, what is actually meant are structural (Allen and Garlan 1997;Stafford and Wolf 1998) dependencies among parts of a system. Structural dependencies have been widely discussed in the literature.…”

Section: Types Of Dependenciesmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Structural dependencies have been widely discussed in the literature. Structural dependencies can be divided into several subcategories: content dependencies, common dependencies, external dependencies, control dependencies, stamp dependencies and data dependencies (also called data flow dependencies) (Allen and Garlan 1997;Balmas et al 2005;Myers 1975;Podgurski and Clarke 1990;Stafford and Wolf 1998;Stevens et al 1974). Although most structural dependencies can be found by inspecting the source code (i.e.…”

Section: Types Of Dependenciesmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Behavioral Dependencies In contrast to structural dependencies, behavioral (Stafford and Wolf 1998) or interaction (Allen and Garlan 1997) dependencies often involve abstractions not directly provided by programming languages: use of public interfaces (e.g. external programs or devices), event broadcast, client-server protocols, temporal ordering, etc.…”

Section: Types Of Dependenciesmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Section: Types Of Dependenciesmentioning

confidence: 99%