Programmable queries, or a new design of earch tools

• Published in: 2009 ICSE Workshop on Search-Driven Development-Users, Infrastructure, Tools and Evaluation Vol. 2009; no. 4; pp. 25 - 28
• Main Author: Kamiya, Toshihiro
• Format: Conference Proceeding Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Washington, DC, USA IEEE Computer Society 16-05-2009; IEEE
• Series: ACM Conferences
• Subjects: Computer languages; Data mining; Data structures; Design optimization; Engineering management; Filtering; Information systems > Information retrieval; Information systems > Information retrieval > Information retrieval query processing; Libraries; Prototypes; Reverse engineering; Software and its engineering > Software creation and management > Software post-development issues > Software reverse engineering; Software and its engineering > Software notations and tools; Technology management
• DOI: 10.1109/SUITE.2009.5070016
• ISBN: 1424437407; 9781424437405
• ISSN: 0270-5257

This paper presents a novel design of search tools in reverse engineering, which enables describing core searching tasks (such as pattern searching, extraction, filtering, etc.) in a separated way from the management task of location data (such as line number or file name). By using example programs with a prototype implementation, we explain how the proposed design differs from a traditional design, and how the programs help the implementation of customizable tools.