Publication Type

Journal Article

Version

publishedVersion

Publication Date

6-1996

Abstract

Prior research has shown that achieving high levels of software reuse in the presence of repository and object-based computer-aided software engineering (CASE) development methods presents interesting human, managerial and technical challenges. This article presents research that seeks to enhanced software development performance through reuse. We propose automated support for developers who search large repositories for the appropriate reusable software objects. We characterize search for repository objects in terms of a multistage model involving screening, identification, and the subsequent choice between new object construction or reusable object implementation. We propose automated support tools, including ORCA, a software Object Reuse Classification Analyzer, and AMHYRST, an Automated HYpertext-based Reuse Search Tool, that are based on this model. ORCA utilizes a faceted classification approach that can be implemented using hypertext. We also describe an aspect of AMHYRST's architecture which can automatically create hypertext networks that represent and link objects in terms of a number of distinguishing features. We illustrate our approach with an example drawn from a real world object repository.

Keywords

computer aided software engineering, object-oriented programming, software reusability

Discipline

Computer Sciences | Numerical Analysis and Scientific Computing

Research Areas

Information Systems and Management

Publication

IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering

Volume

22

Issue

6

First Page

407

Last Page

423

ISSN

0098-5589

Identifier

10.1109/32.508314

Publisher

IEEE

Additional URL

https://doi.org/10.1109/32.508314

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