Abstract
The main argument of the paper is that database understanding requires sophisticated program understanding
techniques, and conversely. Database reverse engineering (DBRE) can be carried out following a generic methodology, one of
the phases of which consists in eliciting all the implicit and untranslated data structures and constraints. Evidences of these hidden
constructs can be found by analysing how the programs are to use and create the data. Hence the need for program analysis
techniques such as searching for clichés, dependency analysis, program slicing and synthetic views. The paper explains how
these techniques contribute to DBRE, and describes DB-MAIN, a programmable and extensible CASE environment that
supports DBRE through program understanding techniques.
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | Proceedings of DEXA'98 |
Pages | 70-79 |
Number of pages | 10 |
Publication status | Published - 1998 |
Keywords
- program slicing
- methodology
- dependency graph
- data reverse engineering
- program understanding
- CASE tools
- database