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Capturing How Objects Flow At Runtime

Year: 2006

Type: conference-paper

Abstract: Most of today's dynamic analysis approaches are based on method traces. However, in the case of object-orientation understanding program execution by analyzing method traces is complicated because the behavior of a program depends on the sharing and the transfer of object references (aliasing). We argue that trace-based dynamic analysis is at a too low level of abstraction for object-oriented systems. We propose a new approach that captures the life cycle of objects by explicitly taking into account object aliasing and how aliases propagate during the execution of the program. In this paper, we present in detail our new meta-model and discuss future tracks opened by it.

Source: BORIS (University Library Bern)

DOI: 10.7892/boris.19410

Authors: Lienhard, Adrian, Ducasse, Stephane, Girba, Tudor Adrian, Nierstrasz, Oscar

Language: English

Topic: Software Testing and Debugging Techniques

Subfield: Software

Field: Computer Science

Domain: Physical Sciences

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W1500831943

FWCI: 1.428

Cites: 19

Cited by: 14

Related to: 10