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

Kód výsledku v 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>

Výsledek na webu

<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>

Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

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

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

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. 

Název v anglickém jazyce

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

Popis výsledku anglicky

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. 

Druh

D - Stať ve sborníku

CEP obor

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OECD FORD obor

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

Projekt

<a href="/cs/project/GA23-06506S" target="_blank" >GA23-06506S: Pokročilá analýza a verifikace pro pokročilý software</a><br>

Návaznosti

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

Rok uplatnění

2024

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

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

Název statě ve sborníku

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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Počet stran výsledku

11

Strana od-do

12-22

Název nakladatele

Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers

Místo vydání

Los Alamitos

Místo konání akce

Rovaniemi

Datum konání akce

12. 3. 2024

Typ akce podle státní příslušnosti

WRD - Celosvětová akce

Kód UT WoS článku

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