Flexible consistency checking

  • Authors:
  • Christian Nentwich;Wolfgang Emmerich;Anthony Finkelsteiin;Ernst Ellmer

  • Affiliations:
  • University College London---United Kingdom;University College London---United Kingdom;University College London---United Kingdom;Zühlke Engineering GmbH---Germany

  • Venue:
  • ACM Transactions on Software Engineering and Methodology (TOSEM)
  • Year:
  • 2003

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Abstract

The problem of managing the consistency of heterogeneous, distributed software engineering documents is central to the development of large and complex systems. We show how this problem can be addressed using xlinkit, a lightweight framework for consistency checking that leverages standard Internet technologies. xlinkit provides flexibility, strong diagnostics, and support for distribution and document heterogeneity. We use xlinkit in a comprehensive case study that demonstrates how design, implementation and deployment information of an Enterprise JavaBeans system can be checked for consistency, and rechecked incrementally when changes are made.