Architecture Reconstruction

  • Authors:
  • Rainer Koschke

  • Affiliations:
  • Universität Bremen, Fachbereich Mathematik und Informatik, Arbeitsgruppe Softwaretechnik,

  • Venue:
  • Software Engineering
  • Year:
  • 2009

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Abstract

Software architectures are described by different views which depend upon the concerns of the respective stakeholders. Far too often, software architectures are not documented sufficiently. In such cases, an architecture description must be reconstructed when changes to the system are to be made. This article summarizes the current state of the art of techniques and methods for software architecture reconstruction and relates them to the viewpoints that have been proposed in architecture design. The article identifies research opportunities based on the comparison.