Use of Dependency Flow Graphs for Object-Oriented Program Presentation

Authors

  • Syarbaini Ahmad Kolej Universiti Islam Antarabangsa Selangor (KUIS), 43000 Kajang Selangor Malaysia
  • Che Wan Shamsul Che Wan Ahmad Kolej Universiti Islam Antarabangsa Selangor (KUIS), 43000 Kajang Selangor Malaysia
  • Syakirah Mohd Sofi Kolej Universiti Islam Antarabangsa Selangor (KUIS), 43000 Kajang Selangor Malaysia
  • Helyawati Baharudin Kolej Universiti Islam Antarabangsa Selangor (KUIS), 43000 Kajang Selangor Malaysia

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.53840/myjict2-1-167

Keywords:

persembahan, aliran, graf aliran kawalan, graf pergantungan, dependence flow graph

Abstract

Object-oriented programming is widely used in the method of programming today. It is because of it make the software development process easier and more effective in practice. However, the features such as dependencies, inheritances, polymorphisms and dynamic bindings are contribute to the occurrence of the complexity in the program for the purpose of analysis, debugging, testing and maintenance of software. This article proposes the use of dependence flow graph as one of the technique to analyst the object-oriented program. It is a hybrid of the control flow graph and dependence graph into a single graph called dependence flow graph. The experiment has been made in order to evaluate the effectiveness of the graph onto ten JAVA code developed using object-oriented methods. As a result it is able to generate graphs accurately and successfully. To strengthen the results of the study, the proposed technique is applied to twenty software development companies. The results showed that it helps in the maintenance activity and becoming more effective.

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22-06-2017

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Vol. 2, Issue 1 (June 2017)

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Syarbaini Ahmad, Che Wan Shamsul Che Wan Ahmad, Syakirah Mohd Sofi, & Helyawati Baharudin. (2017). Use of Dependency Flow Graphs for Object-Oriented Program Presentation. Malaysian Journal of Information and Communication Technology (MyJICT), 2(1), 22-32. https://doi.org/10.53840/myjict2-1-167