Static and dynamic C++ code analysis for the recovery of the object diagram

Abstract

Abstract

Reverse engineering of the interaction diagrams from C++ code

“…The sequence of method dispatches is considered and their ordering is represented in the two forms of the interaction diagrams [1,3]: either in collaboration diagrams, which emphasize the message flows over the structural organization of the objects, or in sequence diagrams, which emphasize the temporal ordering. This work extends our previous paper [15], which was focused on a structural view of the objects. While in [15] the objects allocated in the code are identified and represented in a diagram, together with their mutual relationships, in the present paper not only the objects are identified, but their message exchange is analyzed to determine their mutual interactions.…”

“…This work extends our previous paper [15], which was focused on a structural view of the objects. While in [15] the objects allocated in the code are identified and represented in a diagram, together with their mutual relationships, in the present paper not only the objects are identified, but their message exchange is analyzed to determine their mutual interactions.…”

“…A static approximation of the objects created by a program and of their mutual relationships can be obtained by performing a flow propagation inside the Object Flow Graph (OFG), described in more detail in [15] and summarized here for completeness.…”

Documenting after the fact: Recovering architectural design decisions

“…These detailed design views are usually represented in the Unified Modeling Language (UML). The main interest is typically in recovering the class (Gueheneuc, 2004), object (Tonella and Potrich, 2002) diagrams, and the use-cases. The first two focus on the structural aspects of the system.…”

Mappings for Accurately Reverse Engineering UML Class Models from C++

“…This approach can be used to identify which classes are used in containers if the container collects instances of abstract base classes. Although [14,15] focus more on recovering behavioral aspects of a program, they illustrate additional techniques for reverse engineering information from C++. In these approaches, an object flow graph is coupled with other forms of analysis to produce object and interaction diagrams, respectively.…”