Refactoring a legacy component for reuse in a software product line: A case study

Journal of Software Maintenance and Evolution

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 109-132

  Kolb, Ronny ^a   Muthig, Dirk ^a,c   Patzke, Thomas ^a,d   Yamauchi, Kazuyuki ^b  

^a FRAUNHOFER IESE   (Germany)

^b RICOH COMPANY LTD   (Japan)

^c Fraunhofer IESE   (Germany)

^d IESE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Code analysis; Legacy component; Refactoring; Reuse; Software product line; Variability

Indexed keywords

CODE ANALYSIS; REFACTORING; SOFTWARE PRODUCT LINES; VARIABILITY;

CODES (STANDARDS); COMPONENTS; COMPUTER ARCHITECTURE; COMPUTER PERIPHERAL EQUIPMENT; DATA ACQUISITION; LARGE SCALE SYSTEMS; LEGACY SYSTEMS; PRODUCTIVITY; PROGRAM DOCUMENTATION; REUSABILITY; SOFTWARE ENGINEERING;

COMPUTER SOFTWARE MAINTENANCE;

EID: 33646408526     PISSN: 1532060X     EISSN: 15320618     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/smr.329     Document Type: Conference Paper

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