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Approach to Improving Java Source Code Considering Non-compliance with a Java Style Guide

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Computer Science – CACIC 2022 (CACIC 2022)

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This work shows the betterment of a typical Java source code application by taking into account its non-compliance with a subset of items of the Google Java Style Guide. To get this, an improving strategy is used. The improving strategy has a set of activities that allow defining non-functional requirements in the form of characteristics, attributes, items, and their relationships, as well as designing and implementing measurements, evaluations, analysis, and code changes. The practical case was carried out in the context of an advanced undergraduate subject in System Engineering as a compulsory integrated exam. The results of evaluating attributes/items for compliance with the above coding style guide and improving non-compliances are illustrated in detail. We argue that this study may be of interest to professors and students of other similar degrees.

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This line of research is supported partially by the Engineering School at UNLPam, Argentina, in the project coded 09/F079.

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    Pablo Becker, Luis Olsina & María Fernanda Papa

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Becker, P., Olsina, L., Papa, M.F. (2023). Approach to Improving Java Source Code Considering Non-compliance with a Java Style Guide. In: Pesado, P. (eds) Computer Science – CACIC 2022. CACIC 2022. Communications in Computer and Information Science, vol 1778. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-34147-2_9

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