The story of moose: an agile reengineering environment

ABSTRACT

MOOSE is a language-independent environment for reverse- and re-engineering complex software systems. MOOSE provides a set of services including a common meta-model, metrics evaluation and visualization, a model repository, and generic GUI support for querying, browsing and grouping. The development effort invested in MOOSE has paid off in precisely those research activities that benefit from applying a combination of complementary techniques. We describe how MOOSE has evolved over the years, we draw a number of lessons learned from our experience, and we outline the present and future of MOOSE.

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INDEX TERMS

Primary Classification:
  D. Software
  D.2 SOFTWARE ENGINEERING
      D.2.7 Distribution, Maintenance, and Enhancement
          Subjects: Restructuring, reverse engineering, and reengineering

General Terms:
Design, Experimentation, Measurement

Keywords:
metrics, reengineering, reverse engineering, visualization