VISUAL TOOL FOR REVERSE ENGINEERING SOFTWARE COMPONENTS

摘要

A system and method of displaying a software application using a software architecture tool that includes: receiving a portion of an existing software application at the software architecture tool; identifying one or more software components of the existing software application from the received portion; automatically identifying a tier and layer location for each standard software component; and presenting one or more images that each represent the standard software component to a user, wherein the images visually identify a tier and layer location of each standard software component.

主权项

1. A method of displaying a software application using a software architecture tool, comprising the steps of:
(a) receiving a portion of an existing software application at the software architecture tool; (b) identifying one or more software components of the existing software application from the received portion based on content accessed from an information technology (IT) standard catalog identifying software components that are recognized as being acceptable for use in vehicles; (c) automatically identifying a tier and layer location for each standard software component of the existing software application; and (d) presenting one or more images that each represent the standard software component to a user, wherein the images visually identify a tier and layer location of each standard software component.