Software reengineering theory and novel approach for its implementation
Tang Xiao · 2001
Reengineering offers a practical and feasible approach to use legacy system. Understanding the old system is of vital importance for its implementation. On condition that traditional method is invalid, new method is in need of. We try to use various kinds of non traditional method in the reengineering process of a typical legacy system, for example: using across platform reverse compiling and reverse assembling tools, monitoring and analysing operational characteristics of the objective system. This paper demonstrates their effectiveness and feasibility. It may provide a novel attacking approach for software reengineering.