Extracting Traceability Information from C# Projects

TL;DR

This paper presents a method for automatically extracting traceability information from C# source code to assist maintainers in understanding and managing software impacts more effectively.

Contribution

It introduces an automated approach for extracting traceability data from C# projects, improving software maintenance and impact analysis.

Findings

Enhanced understanding of code impacts for maintainers

Automated extraction reduces manual effort

Improves software maintenance efficiency

Abstract

The maintenance portion of the software lifecycle represents a major drain on most software companys resources. The transition from programmers to maintainers is high risk, since usually the maintainers have to learn the system from scratch before they can begin modifying it appropriately. This paper introduces a method for automatically extracting important traceability information from a C# software projects source code. Using this traceability information, maintainers (and programmers) are better able to evaluate the impacts their actions will have on the entire project.