Abstract
Code metric analysis is a well-known approach for assessing the quality of a software system. However, current tools and techniques do not take the system architecture (e.g., MVC, Android) into account. This means that all classes are assessed similarly, regardless of their specific responsibilities. In this paper, we propose SATT (Software Architecture Tailored Thresholds), an approach that detects whether an architectural role is considerably different from others in the system in terms of code metrics, and provides a specific threshold for that role. We evaluated our approach on 2 different architectures (MVC and Android) in more than 400 projects. We also interviewed 6 experts in order to explain why some architectural roles are different from others. Our results shows that SATT can overcome issues that traditional approaches have, especially when some architectural role presents very different metric values than others.
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | 16th International Working Conference on Source Code Analysis and Manipulation (SCAM) |
Publisher | IEEE |
Pages | 41-50 |
Number of pages | 10 |
ISBN (Electronic) | 978-1-5090-3848-0 |
ISBN (Print) | 978-1-5090-3848-0 |
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Publication status | Published - 2016 |
Event | 2016 IEEE 16th International Working Conference on Source Code Analysis and Manipulation (Scam 2016) - Raleigh, NC, United States Duration: 2 Oct 2016 → 3 Oct 2016 http://www.ieee-scam.org/2016/ |
Conference
Conference | 2016 IEEE 16th International Working Conference on Source Code Analysis and Manipulation (Scam 2016) |
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Abbreviated title | SCAM 2016 |
Country/Territory | United States |
City | Raleigh, NC |
Period | 2/10/16 → 3/10/16 |
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