A New Process to Enhance the Maintainability of Component-Based Software

Authors

  • Shivani Dhanked Department of Computer Science and Engineering, School of Information and Communication Technology, Gautam Buddha University, Greater Noida, UP, India
  • Niyati Baliyan Department of Computer Science and Engineering, School of Inforamation and Communication Technology, Gautam Buddha University, Greater Noida, UP, India
  • O.P. Sangwan Department of Computer Science and Engineering, School of Inforamation and Communication Technology, Gautam Buddha University, Greater Noida, UP, India
  • Pradeep Tomar Department of Computer Science and Engineering, School of Inforamation and Communication Technology, Gautam Buddha University, Greater Noida, UP, India

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.37591/josettt.v3i1.666

Abstract

Maintenance of component based software (CBS) is particularly significant nowadays, thus calling for strategies for its improvement. Previous work on maintenance does not clearly map the process of component selection from repository and the type of maintenance approach followed. In addition, most available literature treats component storage and component retrieval rather independent of each other. Our aim is to integrate the three concepts: maintenance approach, component storage and component retrieval, thereby recommending a coherent view of the process of component based software maintenance. In this paper, we suggest developers to choose in house built software over COTS, on the basis of comparative study. This paper considers hypothesis for two kinds of maintenance for CBS, namely; preventive and corrective. In particular, we illustrate a new process for enhancing maintainability of CBS. Furthermore, process flow for storage and retrieval of components in and from the repository is presented.

Keywords: COTS, software maintenance, component-based software, component repository, software component selection, component based software engineering (CBSE)

Cite this Article
Shivani Dhanked, Niyati Baliyan, Sangwan OP et al. A New Process to Enhance the Maintainability of Component-Based Software. Journal of Software Engineering Tools & Technology Trends. 2016; 3(1): 12–19p.

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2016-05-02

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Vol. 3 No. 1 (2016)

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