CASE Tools

1. CASE Tools • CASE = Computer-Aided Software Engineering • A set of tools to (optimally) assist in each step of software development. • Typically integrated with a design data repository / design data base Software Engineering 2003 Jyrki Nummenmaa

2. CASE-supported tasks • Business systems planning • Analysis & Design • Project management • Data definition • Program development (program generation) • Round-trip engineering • Prototyping • Simulation • Integration • Testing Software Engineering 2003 Jyrki Nummenmaa

3. Program generation • Generating source code based on- Functional specifications,- Data specifications,- Coding standards,… Software Engineering 2003 Jyrki Nummenmaa

4. What do tools generate • Templates for things like classes based on design (e.g. generation of Java source files without method implementation from a class diagram – Fujaba). • Forms and code to run them • Source code to do routine tasks such as access data in the database or in a form. Software Engineering 2003 Jyrki Nummenmaa

5. CASE Data Repository / Data Base • The heart of the CASE tool • Will be used by different tools • Key to tool integration • Ideally provides concurrent access to design data Software Engineering 2003 Jyrki Nummenmaa

6. This year at our course • We do not have commercial tools. • Will be using a simple tool to generate Java classes to access database data (”Dbswtool”) • The tool needs descriptions of the database and it will produce classes for retrieving and storing data in the database (one class per relation). • The tool can also be used to create classes to execute queries and access their results. Software Engineering 2003 Jyrki Nummenmaa

7. Motivation – 3rd assignment • Choose one use case of the use cases in your previous assignment. • The use case should be such that it needs to make a query to the database retrieving data from more than one relation. • You are to write and test a program, which executes that use case. • The program is to read the user input from a file or terminal (no graphical user interface). Software Engineering 2003 Jyrki Nummenmaa

8. 3rd assignment - continued • As the use case is based on a straightforward user story, you do not need to prepare for lots of different cases or execution paths - if something goes wrong then just an error message and stopping program execution will be enough. • Write a test plan for your program. The test plan includes information on - what data you are going to use to test the program and - what is the desired outcome of your program. • Having written your program, test it. Create a test report of your program. • If you need to run the tests several times, then make a test report for each individual execution. Software Engineering 2003 Jyrki Nummenmaa

9. 3rd assignment – data base access • Your program needs to access a database • An example program will be provided for an example database, which has some data in it. • You are to use the Dbswtool (to be discussed in this lecture) to access the data in the data base. Software Engineering 2003 Jyrki Nummenmaa

10. 3rd assignment documentation • How to install the program • How to use the program • How to remove the installation • How to maintain the program (class diagram, short explanation,…?) • How to test the program (test material, test plan, instructions on how to run the test) • Test reports • Configuration files for Dbswtool Software Engineering 2003 Jyrki Nummenmaa

11. Dbswtool input • Description of attributes • Description of relations • Description of queries Software Engineering 2003 Jyrki Nummenmaa

12. Dbswtool output • For each relation/query, a ”Db” class containing the data to access the database data. • For each ”Db” class, a class extending the ”Db” class – this is the class where the developer may add his/her extra functionality. Software Engineering 2003 Jyrki Nummenmaa

13. Db classes for relations • Set and check data in the object using an input string • Access the data object in the Db class object • Insert the object’s data in the database • Modify the object’s data in the database • Delete the object’s data from the database (based on key attribute values) • Retrieve the object’s data from the database (based on key attribute values) Software Engineering 2003 Jyrki Nummenmaa

14. Db classes for queries • A method for executing the predefined query with possibly extra conditions (which is ”and”ed to the end of the predefined condition). • A method for stepping through the answer row by row. • Methods for retrieving the objects (for classes of relations) in the current answer row. Software Engineering 2003 Jyrki Nummenmaa

15. Why to use the tool? • To keep the data definitions in data base and Java classes synchronised. • To reduce the number of errors. • To automate a routine (and boring) part of programming. • To provide consistency in data management. Software Engineering 2003 Jyrki Nummenmaa

16. Complications • The Java classes for JDBC (SQL) data objects are much different from each other in terms of the services they give. • The tool comes with a set of classes (SQL Data Types) for wrapping the JDBC Java classes – this is to provide uniform services and aid in program generation. Software Engineering 2003 Jyrki Nummenmaa

17. Getting started • Download the stuff fromhttp://www.cs.uta.fi/~jyrki/se03/dbswtool-download • Read README.txt and follow the instructions given. • The data base will be provided by next week (9.4.), when the demo is continued. • Anyway, it is a good idea to try out the software already before that, although you can not actually execute the programs on the database. Software Engineering 2003 Jyrki Nummenmaa