| PROPOSAL NUMBER: | E3.02-8326 (For NASA Use Only - Chron: 013673 ) |
| PROPOSAL TITLE: | A Refactoring Environment for Incremental Migration of Legacy Code |
TECHNICAL ABSTRACT (LIMIT 200 WORDS)
We propose the development of software technology for the interactive incremental conversion of legacy code to other languages. The goal is to make it cost-effective to migrate code from one language to another. The technology will allow a user to first transform the code to make it amenable to translation, then manage the semi-automatic translation to the new language, then finally allow the user to transform the translated code to allow it to be easily maintainable. We will base the implementation of this technology on The Synthesizer Generator?our own language-sensitive editor generating toolkit?and couple its strengths with Refactoring?a methodology for systematically transforming code to improve its design. The underlying machinery will be language independent, but in order to have focus in Phase I, and to capitalize on our own strengths and experience, we will concentrate on the translation of Ada to Java.
POTENTIAL COMMERCIAL APPLICATIONS
The software we propose to develop under this project will have application in the incremental migration of legacy code to modern programming languages. This software will find application in many industries, particularly defense and aerospace. An additional product of this project will be refactoring editors for both Ada and Java. These will find application in any organization that develops Ada or Java programs.
NAME AND ADDRESS OF PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
(Name, Organization Name, Mail Address, City/State/Zip)
Paul Anderson
GrammaTech, Inc.
317 North Aurora Street
Ithaca , NY 14850 - 4201
NAME AND ADDRESS OF OFFEROR
(Firm Name, Mail Address, City/State/Zip)
GrammaTech, Inc.
317 North Aurora Street
Ithaca , NY 14850 - 4201