Matthew's Design Study
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Revision as of 03:30, 28 July 2009
For my design study, I am going to be working to improve the design of my COSC460 project. The project is a plug-in for Eclipse designed to provide a tool for visualising software metrics directly onto source code. The plug-in is written in Java and is approximately 5K LOC.
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Existing Code Base
This system is my first attempt at developing this system. At first glance it appears fairly logical; however, some more serious OOD issues lurk beneath the surface...
Design Discussion/Overview
In this section I will briefly discuss each of the current components and their roles. Please note that these functional groupings do not directly correspond to existing packages.
- Plugin:
- Document Monitor:
- Editor Listeners:
- The Model:
- Display & Editor Manipulation:
- API:
- Serialisation:
- Eclipse View:
Areas of Greatest Concern
- API: Is the architectural model appropriate? Is the use of the Observer pattern correct here?
- Model: Are there any possible improvements?
- String Manipulation: Is there any way to avoid the current String manipulation in Mapping Properties?
- Display Strategies: Is there any way of simplifying this hierarchy? Are the current methods of instantiation appropriate?
