4.38 Elementary Method "Static Analysis" (STAT)

  4.38 Elementarmethode "Statische Analyse" (STAT)

Contents		1 Identification/Definition of the Method 2 Brief Characteristic of the Method 3 Limits of the Methods Application 4 Specification of the Methods Allocation 5 Interfaces 6 Further Literature 7 Functional Tool Requirements

1 Identification/Definition of the Method

2 Brief Characteristic of the Method

One of the objectives of the "Static Analysis" (STAT) is the identification of existing errors or respectively of error-prone situations. Another objective is to make quality measurable. Thus the method contributes its share to meet the basis requirement that it must be possible to prove quality.

Operational Sequence

The basic principle of the static analysis is that an object to be assessed which is structured according to a predefined formalism will be read. In this connection errors or error-prone situations are immediately detected or information is gained which allow deductions to errors or respectively error-prone situations after the read process has been completed.

Errors or error-prone situations might be:

• violation of the syntax
• deviations from conventions/standards
• control flow anomalies
• data flow anomalies

Metrics are also quantified during the read process. The metrics offer a possibility to measure quality characteristics. However, it must also be evaluated if the measured values are meeting the requirements /ISO 9126, 1991/). An overview of all possible metrics can be found in /IEEE 982.2/.

3 Limits of the Methods Application

4 Specification of the Methods Allocation

5 Interfaces

6 Further Literature

7 Functional Tool Requirements

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