期刊名称：International Journal of Computer Science and Security (IJCSS)
电子版ISSN：1985-1553
出版年度：2021
卷号：15
期号：5
页码：169-180
语种：English
出版社：Computer Science Journals
摘要：This paper provides an explanatory study on MVC (Model-View-Controller) architecture from the perspective of maintenance. It aims to answer a knowledge question about how MVC architecture supports the maintainability quality attributes. This knowledge boosts the potential of utilizing the maintainability of MVC from several sides. To fulfill this purpose, we investigate the main mechanism of MVC with focusing on maintainability quality attributes. Accordingly, we form and discuss MMERFT maintainability set that consists of Modifiability, Modularity, Extensibility, Reusability, Flexibility, and Testability. Besides investigating the mechanism of MVC regarding MMERFT quality attributes, we explain how MVC supports maintainability by examining measures and approaches such as: complexity of code by using a cyclomatic approach, reengineering process, use of components, time needed to detect bugs, number of code lines, parallel maintenance, automation, massive assignment, and others. Therefore, this paper is dedicated to providing a concrete view of how MVC gets along with maintainability aspects in general and its several attributes particularly. This view helps to maximize the opportunity of taking advantage of MVC's maintainability features that can encourage reconsidering the maintenance decisions and the corresponding estimated cost. The study focuses on maintainability since software that has high maintainability will have the opportunity to evolve, and consequently, it will have a longer life. Our study shows that MVC generally supports maintainability and its attributes, and it is a recommended choice when maintenance is a priority. .
