ICSA 2024
Tue 4 - Sat 8 June 2024 Hyderabad, Telangana, India
Thu 6 Jun 2024 14:00 - 14:25 - Session 3A: API and Microservices

Monolithic software systems face significant challenges in terms of maintenance, scalability, and portability. To address these challenges, many companies are embracing the microservices architectural style as a more flexible alternative to their monoliths. Microservices structure systems into modular, independent components, enabling easier development, deployment, and maintenance. However, the migration from a monolith to microservices is challenging due to the laborious task of manually identifying and decomposing a system into microservices. Several earlier studies focused on developing approaches to facilitate the migration process. However, the reliance on domain experts to define various parameters and thresholds restricted their use. In this paper, we introduce Magnet, a fully automated microservice identification approach, based on graph neural networks (GNNs). Magnet integrates a GNN model with a fine-grained method-based graph enriched with semantic and static features of the system. It enables accurate microservices identification while simultaneously promoting microservice cohesion and reducing microservice coupling. To validate the accuracy of Magnet, we performed extensive experiments using a set of open-source systems. Quantitatively, we use a set of quality metrics to assess the resulting microservices quality. We also compare our results to established ground truths. Empirical evidence suggests that our fully-automated approach Magnet achieves precision and recall rates of 56% and 68%. Qualitatively, we assess the modularity and functional independence of the resulting microservices by examining their relationships and semantic integrity. This evaluation demonstrates that our fully automated approach yields promising results, underlining its effectiveness in creating modular and coherent microservices.

Thu 6 Jun

Displayed time zone: Chennai, Kolkata, Mumbai, New Delhi change

14:00 - 15:30
Session 3A: API and MicroservicesResearch Papers / New and Emerging Ideas

Session Chair: Daniele Di Pompeo, University of L’Aquila
Room: H-105, Himalaya Block

14:00
25m
Research paper
MAGNET: Method-based Approach using Graph Neural Network for Microservices IdentificationResearch Paper
Research Papers
A: Imen Trabelsi , A: Naouel Moha École de Technologie Supérieure (ETS), A: Yann-Gaël Guéhéneuc Concordia University and Polytechnique Montréal, A: Lucas Geffard École de Technologie Supérieure
14:25
25m
Research paper
Automated Reverse Engineering for MoM-based Microservices (ARE4MOM) using static analysisResearch Paper
Research Papers
A: Snigdha Singh Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, A: Anne Koziolek Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
14:50
25m
Research paper
Detecting Usage of Deprecated Web APIs via TracingResearch Paper
Research Papers
A: Leif Bonorden Universität Hamburg, A: André van Hoorn University of Hamburg, Germany
Pre-print File Attached
15:15
20m
Research paper
Toward a Collaboration Optimization in Microservice Projects based on Developer PersonalitiesNEMI
New and Emerging Ideas
A: Xiaozhou Li , A: Fabio Calefato University of Bari, A: Valentina Lenarduzzi University of Oulu, A: Davide Taibi University of Oulu and Tampere University