API migration alive and kicking strongly

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I have been talking about API migration a lot lately.

I have even a draft paper in limbo ... so much in limbo that I don't even link to it here.

In fact, I admit that it is very difficult to get anything done scientifically and practically on this topic.

 

Thanks to some recent collaboration, there are some cool results and a new draft paper.

Feedback very much appreciated.

 

Regards,

Ralf

 

https://www.uni-koblenz.de/~laemmel/xomjdom/

Transcript of an API migration for two XML APIs

  • Status

    • Paper submitted for publication
    • Wrapper implementation uploaded

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    Authors
    Thiago Tonelli Bartolomei and Krzysztof Czarnecki and Ralf Lämmel and Tijs van der Storm

     

  • Abstract

    API migration refers to the problem of adapting an application such
    that the usage of a given API (the source API) is replaced by the
    usage of an alternative API (the target API) serving the same
    domain. One may attempt to automate API migration by wrapping or
    some form of (source- or byte-) code transformation. API migration
    is relatively well understood for the special case where source and
    target APIs are essentially different versions of the same API. API
    migration is much less understood for the more general case where
    source API and target API have been developed more or less
    independently of each other. The present paper exercises a simple
    instance of the general case and develops engineering techniques
    towards the mastery of API migration. That is, a wrapper-based
    migration between two prominent XML APIs for the Java platform is
    studied where the various differences between the chosen APIs are
    identified, classified and counted in a systematic manner.