Case study of a method for reengineering procedural systems into OO systems

Authors:
William B. Frakes;Gregory Kulczycki;Charu Saxena
Affiliations:
Computer Science Department, Virginia Tech, Falls Church, VA;Computer Science Department, Virginia Tech, Falls Church, VA;Computer Science Department, Virginia Tech, Falls Church, VA
Venue:
ICSR'06 Proceedings of the 9th international conference on Reuse of Off-the-Shelf Components
Year:
2006

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Abstract

This study evaluates a method for reengineering a procedural system to an object-oriented system. Relationships between functions in the procedural system were identified using various coupling metrics. While the coupling metrics used for analysis were helpful in identifying candidate objects, domain expert analysis of the candidate objects was required. The time taken at each step in the process was captured to help determine the effectiveness of the method. Overall the process was found to be effective for identifying objects.