Reverse engineering with the reclipse tool suite

Design pattern detection is a reverse engineering methodology that helps software engineers to analyze and understand legacy software by recovering its design and thereby aiding in the preparation of re-engineering activities. We present Reclipse, a reverse engineering tool suite for static and dynamic design pattern detection in combination with a pattern candidate rating used to assess the detection results’ reliability. Categories and Subject Descriptors D.2.7 [Software Engineering]: Distribution, Maintenance, and Enhancement—Restructuring, Reverse Engineering, and Reengineering; D.2.11 [Software Engineering]: Software Architectures—Patterns General Terms Languages, Algorithms

• Type: Conference
• Year: 2010
• Where: ICSE
• Authors: Markus von Detten, Matthias Meyer, Dietrich Travkin
• Keywords: Design Pattern Detection, ICSE 2010, Reverse Engineering, Reverse Engineering Methodology, Software Engineering