RECOVERING SOFTWARE ARCHITECTURE FROM MULTIPLE SOURCE CODE ANALYSES

We describe the experiences we have had in using Man-SART - a software architecture recovery tool that we developed and are employing in the analysis of large scale legacy software systems. ManSART uses a batte ry of standard data flow, control flow, and program slicing capabiliti es to automatically recover architectural features from source code. T his source code analysis is enabled by representations called analysis modules. Analysis modules describe the interfaces of each component i n a multiple component system. ManSART uses these modules to focus sou rce code analysis and to store the results.