Runtime recovery and manipulation of software architecture of component-based systems

Automated Software Engineering

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 257-281

  Huang, Gang ^a   Mei, Hong ^a   Yang, Fu Qing ^a  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Component framework; Reflection; Runtime system; Software architecture recovery

Indexed keywords

ARCHITECTURE; COMPUTER PROGRAMMING LANGUAGES; COST EFFECTIVENESS; MAINTENANCE; REFLECTION;

COMPONENT FRAMEWORK; RUNTIME SYSTEMS; SOFTWARE ARCHITECTURE RECOVERY;

SOFTWARE ENGINEERING;

EID: 32344451079     PISSN: 09288910     EISSN: 15737535     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10515-006-7738-4     Document Type: Conference Paper

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