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

KOZÁK, D. ČERNÝ, T. ABDELFATTAH, A. BLANCHARD, A. HALE, J. HUTCHESON, R. LAMBARIA, N.

Original Title

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

Type

conference paper

Language

English

Original Abstract

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. 

Keywords

Software Architecture Reconstruction, Microservices, Service Dependency Graph, GraalVM Native Image

Authors

KOZÁK, D.; ČERNÝ, T.; ABDELFATTAH, A.; BLANCHARD, A.; HALE, J.; HUTCHESON, R.; LAMBARIA, N.

Released

24. 4. 2024

Location

Los Alamitos

ISBN

979-8-3503-3066-3

Book

2024 IEEE International Conference on Software Analysis, Evolution and Reengineering (SANER)

Pages from

12

Pages to

22

Pages count

11

BibTex

@inproceedings{BUT189292,
  author="KOZÁK, D. and ČERNÝ, T. and ABDELFATTAH, A. and BLANCHARD, A. and HALE, J. and HUTCHESON, R. and LAMBARIA, N.",
  title="Software Architecture Reconstruction for Microservice Systems using Static Analysis via GraalVM Native Image",
  booktitle="2024 IEEE International Conference on Software Analysis, Evolution and Reengineering (SANER)",
  year="2024",
  pages="12--22",
  address="Los Alamitos",
  doi="10.1109/SANER60148.2024.00008",
  isbn="979-8-3503-3066-3"
}