Overview
- Discusses the feature modularization problem and presents a study on how frequently it may occur in practice
- Introduces the concept of Emergent Interfaces to improve feature modularization
- Provides a prototype tool “Emergo” to support developers with Emergent Interfaces
- Presents an empirical study using proxy metrics to evaluate the potential of Emergent Interfaces to reduce maintenance effort
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: SpringerBriefs in Computer Science (BRIEFSCOMPUTER)
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Developers frequently introduce errors into software systems when they fail to recognise module dependencies.
Using forty-three software families and Software Product Lines (SPLs), where the majority are commonly used in industrial practice, the authors reports on the feature modularization problem and provides a study of how often it may occur in practice. To solve the problem they present the concept of emergent feature modularization which aims to establish contracts between features to prevent developers from breaking other features when performing a maintenance task.
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Book Title: Emergent Interfaces for Feature Modularization
Authors: Márcio Ribeiro, Paulo Borba, Claus Brabrand
Series Title: SpringerBriefs in Computer Science
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-11493-4
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Computer Science, Computer Science (R0)
Copyright Information: The Author(s) 2014
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-11492-7Published: 26 November 2014
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-11493-4Published: 13 November 2014
Series ISSN: 2191-5768
Series E-ISSN: 2191-5776
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XI, 84
Number of Illustrations: 49 b/w illustrations
Topics: Software Engineering