Abstract
Reverse engineering in product lines means identification
of feature locations in the source code or formation of the non-redundant
feature model from descriptive documents. The feature identification can
be represented by feature to code trace, graphical notations or tools based
view. For adopting a specific approach, it is very important to know how
it works, the kind of expertise needed to use it, the kind of tool support
that is there, the format of the required input for using that approach, the
output notation that it can provide, the related shortcomings that cannot
be avoided and the kind of pre-requisite work each approach demands.
Based on these parameters, this paper provides a classification of the
reverse engineering approaches related to software product lines. Such
classification can help the product line engineers or relevant researchers
to narrow down the practical options for their implementation and to
obtain the better understanding of reverse engineering in product lines.
of feature locations in the source code or formation of the non-redundant
feature model from descriptive documents. The feature identification can
be represented by feature to code trace, graphical notations or tools based
view. For adopting a specific approach, it is very important to know how
it works, the kind of expertise needed to use it, the kind of tool support
that is there, the format of the required input for using that approach, the
output notation that it can provide, the related shortcomings that cannot
be avoided and the kind of pre-requisite work each approach demands.
Based on these parameters, this paper provides a classification of the
reverse engineering approaches related to software product lines. Such
classification can help the product line engineers or relevant researchers
to narrow down the practical options for their implementation and to
obtain the better understanding of reverse engineering in product lines.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | International Journal On Advances in Software |
| Subtitle of host publication | ICSEA 2016 : The Eleventh International Conference on Software Engineering Advances |
| Publication status | Accepted/In press - 1 Apr 2016 |