Software Architecture of Code Analysis Frameworks Matters: The Frama-C Example
Abstract
Implementing large software, as software analyzers which aim to be used in industrial settings, requires a well-engineered software architecture in order to ease its daily development and its maintenance process during its lifecycle. If the analyzer is not only a single tool, but an open extensible collaborative framework in which external developers may develop plug-ins collaborating with each other, such a well designed architecture even becomes more important. In this experience report, we explain difficulties of developing and maintaining open extensible collaborative analysis frameworks, through the example of Frama-C, a platform dedicated to the analysis of code written in C. We also present the new upcoming software architecture of Frama-C and how it aims to solve some of these issues.
Cite
@article{arxiv.1508.03898,
title = {Software Architecture of Code Analysis Frameworks Matters: The Frama-C Example},
author = {Julien Signoles},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1508.03898},
year = {2015}
}
Comments
In Proceedings F-IDE 2015, arXiv:1508.03388