Visualizing Interactions in Program Executions

Dean F. Jerding, John T. Stasko, Thomas Ball

Abstract

Implementing, validating, modifying, or reengineering an object-oriented system requires an understanding of the object and class interactions which occur as a program executes.This work seeks to identify, visualize, and analyze interactions in object-oriented program executions as a means for examining and understanding dynamic behavior.We have discovered recurring interaction scenarios in program executions that can be used as abstractions in the understanding process, and have developed a means for identifying these interaction patterns.Our visualizations focus on supporting design recovery, validation, and reengineering tasks, and can be applied to both object-oriented and procedural programs.

BibTeX

@inproceedings{Jerding-al:ICSE97,
  author    = {Dean F. Jerding and
               John T. Stasko and
               Thomas Ball},
  title     = {Visualizing Interactions in Program Executions},
  booktitle = {ICSE},
  pages     = {360--370},
  publisher = {{ACM}},
  year      = {1997},
}

Visualizing Interactions in Program Executions

Abstract

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