Applying the decorator pattern for profiling object-oriented software

Proceedings - IEEE Workshop on Program Comprehension

Volumn 2003-May, Issue , 2003, Pages 84-93

  Duffy, E B ^a   Gibson, J P ^b   Malloy, B A ^a  

^a Clemson University   (United States)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER PROGRAMMING; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; PROGRAM DEBUGGING; SOFTWARE TESTING;

CORRECTNESS-PRESERVING TRANSFORMATIONS; COST TRADE-OFF; DESIGN BY CONTRACTS; OBJECT ORIENTED APPLICATION; OBJECT ORIENTED SOFTWARE; OBSERVABLE BEHAVIOR; PROGRAM OPTIMIZATION; PROGRAM TRANSFORMATIONS;

OBJECT ORIENTED PROGRAMMING;

EID: 84979075994     PISSN: 10928138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/WPC.2003.1199192     Document Type: Conference Paper

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