Empirical taxonomy of refactoring methods for aspect‐oriented programming. Issue 1 (21st September 2011)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Alshayeb, Mohammad; Al‐Jamimi, Hamdi; Elish, Mahmoud O.
• Is Part Of: Journal of software. Volume 25:Issue 1(2013)
• Page Start: 1
• Page End: 25
• Publication Date: 2011-09-21
• Subjects: Software engineering -- Periodicals; Computer software -- Development -- Periodicals; Software maintenance -- Periodicals; 005.1
• DOI: 10.1002/smr.544
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 2047-7473

Abstract

<abstract abstract-type="main" id="smr544-abs-0001"> <title>SUMMARY</title> <p id="smr544-para-0001">Refactoring improves software quality by improving the design of existing code through changing its internal structure while preserving its behavior. Improving one quality attribute may impair other quality attributes. A number of refactoring methods were proposed specifically for aspect‐oriented systems. However, there are no guidelines to help aspect‐oriented software designer decide which refactoring methods to apply to optimize a software system with regard to certain design goals. In this paper, we propose a taxonomy/classification of refactoring methods for aspect‐oriented programming based on their measurable effect on software quality attributes using six open‐source aspect‐oriented software systems. Copyright © 2011 John Wiley &amp; Sons, Ltd.</p> </abstract>