METHOD FOR MEASURING SIMILARITY BETWEEN CLASSES USING WORD INFORMATION IN OBJECT MODEL

摘要

PURPOSE: A method for measuring a similarity between classes using a word information in an object model is provided to search a class similar to a selected class automatically by using word information of an object model in a conversion of 'C' code into "C++" code. CONSTITUTION: A predetermined class(C1) to be compared is selected(S21). A class(C2) not to be compared previously is selected in an objected model(O2) which is a compared object(S22). A similarity value between the class(C1) and the class(C2) is obtained by calling a compared routine between classes(S23). The similarity value between the class(C1) and the class(C2) is stored in a local memory(M3)(S24). If any non-compared class exists in the objected model(O2), the above stages are repeated(S25). If all similarity values with respect to all classes are obtained, the similarity values stored in the objected model(O2) are sorted in ascending orders(S26). The first displayed similarity value becomes the most similar class to the class(C1).