Automatically generating refactorings to support API evolution.

Automatically generating refactorings to support API evolution.

When library APIs change, client code should change in response, in order to avoid erroneous behavior, compilation failures, or warnings. Previous research has introduced techniques for generating such client refactorings. This paper improves on the previous work by proposing a novel, lightweight te...

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Udgivet i:Software engineering notes. 31, 1 (2006).
Hovedforfatter: Perkins, Jeff H.
Format: Article
Sprog:English
Fag:
Software.
Software engineering.
Testing and debugging.
Design tools and techniques.
Software libraries.
Distribution, maintenance and enhancement.
Restructuring, reverse engineering and reengineering.
Design.
Management.
Theory.
Verification.