Software Architecture Reconstruction for Microservice Systems using Static Analysis via GraalVM Native Image

Result code in IS VaVaI

<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F00216305%3A26230%2F24%3APU151890" target="_blank" >RIV/00216305:26230/24:PU151890 - isvavai.cz</a>

Result on the web

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/SANER60148.2024.00008" target="_blank" >http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/SANER60148.2024.00008</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/SANER60148.2024.00008" target="_blank" >10.1109/SANER60148.2024.00008</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Software Architecture Reconstruction for Microservice Systems using Static Analysis via GraalVM Native Image

Original language description

Microservices are the mainstream architecture when designing cloud-native systems. The performance and elastic scalability of such systems are the main attraction for many vendors. Recent advancements improving microservice initialization times are related to the ahead-of-time compilation, which produces self-contained executables, significantly reducing load times. Despite recent advancements and various benefits of cloud-native systems, the evolution of such systems might be threatened by a~missing system-centered view. Such a~view would guide in a~better contextual understanding of individual microservices and their dependencies from the holistic system perspective and aid developers in informed decisions to mitigate ripple effects. One way literature has addressed this gap is by performing Software Architecture Reconstruction (SAR), a process essential for understanding, maintaining, and evolving software systems. This paper questions whether instruments used to produce self-contained executables for microservices can be utilized for SAR, producing system-centered views. We propose a methodology for such a process, implement a proof of concept tool, MicroGraal, for the Java Platform, and assess it through a case study involving a third-party microservice system benchmark. We uncovered a system service dependency graph and a context map, comparing the approach and obtained results with source code analysis. 

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

D - Article in proceedings

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

10201 - Computer sciences, information science, bioinformathics (hardware development to be 2.2, social aspect to be 5.8)

Project

<a href="/en/project/GA23-06506S" target="_blank" >GA23-06506S: Advanced Analysis and Verification for Advanced Software</a><br>

Continuities

P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)

Publication year

2024

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Article name in the collection

2024 IEEE International Conference on Software Analysis, Evolution and Reengineering (SANER)

ISBN

979-8-3503-3066-3

ISSN

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e-ISSN

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Number of pages

11

Pages from-to

12-22

Publisher name

Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers

Place of publication

Los Alamitos

Event location

Rovaniemi

Event date

Mar 12, 2024

Type of event by nationality

WRD - Celosvětová akce

UT code for WoS article

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