A Filter-Mechanism for Method-Driven Trace Capture

: Traceability is a prerequisite for developing high quality (software) systems. Recording and maintaining all available information is too labor intensive and thus by far too expensive. A project-specific definition of the trace information to be recorded and the method fragments (so called trace fragments) to be executed for recording the information provides a solution for this problem. But the amount of traces to be recorded does not only vary from project to project. It also varies between project phases and even within a project phase. As a consequence project-specific trace fragments need to be adapted according to the actual project phase. In this paper we propose a model-based filter mechanism to significantly reduce the required effort to adapt trace fragments. By defining appropriate filters the project manager is able to (dynamically) adapt the project-specific trace fragments to the actual needs. We present an example to highlight the benefits of the approach and discuss p...

• Type: Conference
• Year: 1998
• Where: CAISE
• Authors: Ralf Dömges, Klaus Pohl, Klaus Schreck
• Keywords: CAISE 1998, Information Management, Project Phase, Project-specific Trace Fragments, Trace Fragments