Discovering Architectures from Running Systems
Project Description
One of the challenging problems for software developers is guaranteeing that a system as built is consistent with its architectural design. DiscoTect is a technique that uses runtime observations about an executing system to construct an architectural view of the system. In this technique, we develop mappings (in a language called DiscoSTEP) that exploit regularities in system implementation and architectural style. These mappings describe how low-level system events can be interpreted as more abstract architectural operations.
Project Home Page: http://able.fluid.cs.cmu.edu:8080/Able/DiscoTect
Research
Our Position: Regularities in implementation "style" and architectural style can be exploited to reuse complex mappings between systems and their architectures.
Sample Questions
- How do you effectively instrument a system? Can instrumentation be generated from the DiscoSTEP mapping?
- What mapping constructs can be used to conveniently express and reuse mappings?
- How can you guarantee sufficient coverage to be confident that the generated architecture is complete?
- Can we use this approach to determine architectural behavior, in addition to architectural structure
Contacts
David Garlan, Bradley Schmerl.