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MDA-Based Reverse Engineering of Object Oriented Code

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Enterprise, Business-Process and Information Systems Modeling (BPMDS 2009, EMMSAD 2009)

Part of the book series: Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing ((LNBIP,volume 29))

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The Model Driven Architecture (MDA) is an architectural framework for information integration and tool interoperation that could facilitate system modernization. Reverse engineering techniques are crucial to extract high level views of the subject system. This paper describes a reverse engineering approach that fits with MDA. We propose to integrate different techniques that come from compiler theory, metamodeling and formal specification. We describe a process that combines static and dynamic analysis for generating MDA models. We show how MOF (Meta Object Facility) and QVT (Query, View, Transformation) metamodels can be used to drive model recovery processes. Besides, we show how metamodels and transformations can be integrated with formal specifications in an interoperable way. The reverse engineering of class diagram and state diagram at PSM level from Java code is exemplified.

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  1. Universidad Nacional del Centro de la Provincia de Buenos Aires, Argentina

    Liliana Favre, Liliana Martinez & Claudia Pereira

  2. Comisión de Investigaciones Científicas de la Provincia de Buenos Aires Tandil, Argentina

    Liliana Favre

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  2. Norwegian University of Science and Technology, NTNU,, Trondheim, Norway

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  3. University of Paris 1 Pantheon Sorbonne, Paris, France

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  4. Capgemini and Radboud University Nijmegen, Nijmegen, The Netherlands

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  5. University of Applied Sciences, Aalen, Germany

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  6. University of Haifa, Carmel Mountain, Haifa, Israel

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Favre, L., Martinez, L., Pereira, C. (2009). MDA-Based Reverse Engineering of Object Oriented Code. In: Halpin, T., et al. Enterprise, Business-Process and Information Systems Modeling. BPMDS EMMSAD 2009 2009. Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing, vol 29. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-01862-6_21

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