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An Object Extraction Technique for Object Reusability Improvement based on Legacy System Interface

객체 재사용성 향상을 위한 레거시 시스템 인터페이스 기반 객체추출 기법

  • 이창목 (전북대학교 대학원 컴퓨터통계정보학과) ;
  • 유철중 (전북대학교 컴퓨터과학과) ;
  • 장옥배 (전북대학교 컴퓨투과학과)
  • Published : 2004.11.01
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Abstract

This paper suggests a technique, TELOR(Technique of Object Extraction Based on Legacy System Interface for Improvement of Object Reusability) for reuse and reengineering by analyzing the Legacy System interface to distill the meaningful information from them and disassemble them into object units which are to be integrated into the next generation systems. The TELOR method consists of a 4 steps procedure: 1) the interface use case analysis step, 2) the interface object dividing step, 3) the object structure modeling step, and 4) the object model integration step. In step 1, the interface structure and information about the interaction between the user and the Legacy System are obtained. In step 2, the interface information is divided into semantic fields. In step 3, studies and models the structural and collaborative relationship among interface objects. Finally, in step 4, object model integration step, integrates the models and improves the integrated model at a higher level. The objects integration model created through TELOR provides a more efficient understanding of the Legacy System and how to apply it to next generation systems.

본 연구는 객체 재사용과 재공학을 위해 레거시 시스템의 인터페이스 정보로부터 의미 있는 정보를 추출하고 새로운 시스템에 통합될 수 있도록 하기 위한 기존 레거시 시스템의 인터페이스에 기반 한 객체추출 기법을 제안한다. 본 논문에서 제안하는 객체추출 기법은 인터페이스 사용 사례 분석 단계, 인터페이스 객체 분할 단계, 객체구조 모델링 단계, 객체 모델 통합 단계 등 4단계로 구성되어 있다. 인터페이스 사용 사례 분석 단계는 인터페이스 구조 그리고 레거시 시스템과 사용자간의 상호작용 등의 정보를 획득하는 단계이다. 인터페이스 객체분할 단계는 인터페이스 정보를 의미 있는 필드들로 구분하는 단계이며, 객체구조 모델링 단계는 인터페이스 객체들 간의 구조적 관계와 협력 관계를 파악하여 모델링하는 단계이다. 마지막으로 객체 모델 통합 단계는 객체 단위의 단위 모델들을 통합하여 추상화된 정보를 포함한 상위 수준의 통합 모델을 유도하는 단계다. 객체추출 기법에 의해 생성된 객체 통합 모델은 역공학 기술자들의 레거시 시스템 이해와 레거시 시스템의 정보를 새로운 시스템에 적용하는데 있어 좀 더 용이한 효율성을 제공한다.

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