Towards an Open Software Conversion Architecture

Abstract

A generic architecture for the development and application of software conversion tools exposes the requirements set for appropriate enabling technologies. Extrapolation of this set beyond its satisfaction by existing proprietary technology then exposes the opportunity/need for open interfaces between separate components providing orthogonal dimensions of the overall functionality. Some novel aspects of the solutions considered include retrofitting persistence to an open compiler-compiler, and using the Unix file system as a persistent object store, while in the background the advent of standard interfaces to persistence technology suggests that the overall goal is feasible.

Design derivation of an open, Java-based reengineering platform

“…We have earlier reported [3] on an initial version of a process model for reengineering tool development and application: the Generic Reengineering Architecture (GRA). The latest version of the GRA is a 3-level hierarchy as summarised in fig 1 above.…”