Abstract
Reengineering has long been considered a loathsome activity, commonly associated with “legacy” software technology and programming languages. The simplistic way to avoid reengineering switches to “modern” software technology (objects, models, aspects, . . . ) and assumes that the legacy problem will soon disappear. Unfortunately, practice shows that this “modern” technology is just as vulnerable to ageing symptoms and—due to rapid turnaround cycles—becomes legacy even faster. This chapter examines two recent approaches (namely refactoring and reengineering patterns) that provide a possible way out. This way, we want to help future researchers, practitioners and educators to build upon existing knowledge and make progress in our field.
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Demeyer, S. (2008). Object-Oriented Reengineering. In: Software Evolution. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-76440-3_5
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