On language processors and software maintenance [Elektronische Ressource] / Wolfgang Lohmann

Wolfgang LohmannOn Language ProcessorsandSoftware MaintenanceDissertationzurErlangung des akademischen GradesDoktor-Ingenieur (Dr.-Ing.)der Fakultät für Informatik und Elektrotechnikder Universität Rostockurn:nbn:de:gbv:28-diss2009-0109-4The present work has been accepted by the Faculty of Computer Science and ElectricalEngineering at University of Rostock in May 2009 as dissertation to achieve the academicdegree Doktor-Ingenieur (Dr.-Ing.).Referees: Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Dr. Ing. habil. Günter Riedewald (supervisor)University of Rostock, GermanyProf. Dr.-Ing. Ralf LämmelUniversity of Koblenz-Landau, GermanyProfessor Dr. Marjan MernikUniversity of Maribor, SloveniaSubmission: 27th October 2008Defence: 17th April 2009AbstractSoftware maintenance factories are infrastructures that generate tools for software main-tenance from language descriptions and additional information. Besides the maintenanceof language specifications, software language evolution requires maintenance of softwarewritten in that language as well as maintenance of software that transforms software writ-ten in the evolving language. We argue that a software maintenance factory needs specialmaintenance. It should provide support for maintenance of language descriptions, derivedtools, and the maintenance factory itself. As language processors can form the core ofsuch technology, we investigate their improvement.