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An Approach to Measure Java Code An Approach to Measure Java Code Quality in Reuse EnvironmentQuality in Reuse Environment

Aline TimóteoAline TimóteoAdvisor: Silvio MeiraAdvisor: Silvio Meira

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SummarySummary

Motivation Background

Metrics An Approach to Measure Java Code Quality Main Contributions

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MotivationMotivation

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MotivationMotivation

Reuse environment [Frakes, 1994] Process Components Certification Metrics Tools

Repository Search engine Domain tools …

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MotivationMotivation

Component Repository promote reuse success [Griss, 1994]

Some Repository Requirements Search Component publishing Component manage IDE Integration Component Indexing Security …

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ProblemProblem

Artifacts quality must be assured by the organization that maintains a repository? [Seacord, 1999]

Many version of a component on the repository

Lack of context

In other words…

How to minimize reuse for low-quality artifacts ?

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BackgroundBackground

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MetricsMetrics

“Software metrics is a method to quantify attributes in software processes, products and projects” [Daskalantonakis, 1992]

Metrics Timeline

Age 1: before 1991, where the main focus was on metrics based on the code complexity

Age 2: after 1992, where the main focus was on metrics based on the concepts of Object Oriented (OO) systems

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Age 1: Complexity Age 2: Object Oriented

Most Referenced MetricsMost Referenced Metrics

LOC

Cyclomatic Complexity [McCabe, 1976]

Chidamber and Kemerer Metrics [Chidamber, 1994]

Lorenz and Kidd Metrics [Lorenz, 1994]

MOOD Metrics [Brito, 1994]

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Problems related to Metrics Problems related to Metrics [Ince, 1988 and Briand, 2002][Ince, 1988 and Briand, 2002] Metrics Validation

Theoretical Validation Measurement goal Experimental hypothesis Environment or context

Empirical validation

Metrics Automation Different set of metrics implemented Bad documentation Quality attributes x Metrics

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An Approach to An Approach to Measure Java Code Measure Java Code

QualityQuality

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An Approach to Measure Java Code QualityAn Approach to Measure Java Code Quality

Quality Attributes x Metrics

Metrics Selection and Specification

Quality Attributes measurement

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Quality in a Reuse Environment Quality in a Reuse Environment [Etzkorn, 2001][Etzkorn, 2001] ISO 9126

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Quality Attributes x MetricsQuality Attributes x Metrics

 Quality Attributes  Code Attributes  LOC Cyclomatic Complexity     CK Metrics      

    WMC DIT NOC CBO RFC LCOM

  size x              

Analyzability complexity   x x x     X X

  documentation x               

  complexity   x x x     X X

 modularity/

encapsulation               X

Changeability coupling           x   X

  cohesion               X

  inheritance       x        

Stability                  

Testability complexity   x x x     X X

  coupling           x   X

  complexity   x x x     X x

  documentation x               

Reusabilitymodularity/

encapsulation               x

  coupling           X   x

  cohesion               x

Quality Attributes x MetricsQuality Attributes x Metrics

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 Quality Attributes  Code Attributes  Lorenz and Kidd

    PIM NIM NIV NCM NCV NMO NMI NMA SIX APPM

 Analyzability

size x x x x x          

complexity                    

documentation                    

Changeability  

complexity                    

modularity/ encapsulation                    

coupling                    

cohesion                    

inheritance           x x x x  

Stability                      

Testability 

complexity                    

coupling                    

 Reusability  

complexity                    

documentation                    

modularity/ encapsulation                    

coupling                    

cohesion                    

Quality Attributes x MetricsQuality Attributes x Metrics

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 Quality Attributes Code Attributes  MOOD Metrics

    MHF AHF MIF AIF PF

 Analyzability

size          

complexity          

documentation          

Changeability  

complexity          

modularity/ encapsulation          

coupling          

cohesion          

inheritance     x x  

Stability            

Testability 

complexity          

coupling          

Reusability  

complexity          

documentation          

modularity/ encapsulation          

coupling          

cohesion          

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Metrics Selection and SpecificationMetrics Selection and Specification

- Theoretical Validation

- LOC

- Cyclomatic Complexity

- CK Metrics- Empirical Validation

- Tools

Metrics Selection and SpecificationMetrics Selection and Specification

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Quality Attributes Measurement (QAM)Quality Attributes Measurement (QAM)

QAM = (the number of metrics that have a allowable value)

Heuristically

QAM >= Number of metrics /2

Example:

2,5 <= QAM <= 5

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 Quality Attribute

 Code Attribute  CK Metrics 

    WMC DIT CBO RFC LCOMTestability

 complexity x x   x x

coupling     x   x

Max Testability = 5

Min Testability = 2,5

Metrics, Quality, Reuse?

Store assets Generate their quality attributes Store asset and quality attributes

In “search time”… Asset are recovered according search parameters Quality attributes can be among these parameters

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Main ContributionsMain Contributions

Introduce quality analysis in a repository Reduce code problem propagation Highest Reliability

Quality attributes x Code metrics ISO 9126

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Current StageCurrent Stage

Sate-of-the-art in Software Metrics

Approach definition

Prototypal Implementation (partial)

Integration with B.A.R.T. (next step)

Experiment (next step)

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ReferênciasReferências [Frakes, 1994] W. B. Frakes and S. Isoda, "Success Factors of Systematic Software Reuse," IEEE Software, vol. 11, pp.

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"From Specification to Experimentation: A Software Component Search Engine Architecture," presented at The 9th International Symposium on Component-Based Software Engineering (CBSE 2006), Mälardalen University, Västerås, Sweden, 2006.

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[McCabe, 1976] T. J. McCabe, “A Complexity Measure”. IEEE Transactions of Software Engineering, vol SE-2, 1976, pp. 308-320.

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[Ince, 1988] D. C. Ince, M. J. Sheppard, "System design metrics: a review and perspective", Second IEE/BCS Conference, Liverpool - UK, 1988, pp. 23-27.

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[Morasca, 1989] S. Morasca, L. C. Briand, V. R. Basili, E. J. Weyuker, M. V. Zelkowitz, B. Kitchenham, S. Lawrence Pfleeger, N. Fenton, "Towards a framework for software measurementvalidation", Software Engineering, IEEE Transactions, vol 23, 1995, pp. 187-189.

[Seacord, 1999] Robert C. Seacord. Software engineering component repositories. Technical report, Software Engineering Institute (SEI), 1999

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Aline TimóteoAline Timóteo

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