Treffer: Automated extraction of identifiers from object-oriented codebases.

In today's software development, it has become more difficult to maintain and reuse code. Having method names that are clear and meaningful is essential for improving the readability and maintainability of software. Yet, software maintenance and reuse initiatives usually require a significant amount of time and resources. Providing software engineers with tools like Integrated Development Environments (IDEs) can help lessen this burden by automatically offering insights into the source code. Identifiers, which are important parts of a program, can be difficult to understand if named poorly. This article presents a method for creating a dictionary for identifiers found in object-oriented programming languages. The creation of the dictionary involves extracting verb-object relationships from the source code, providing important assistance in software reengineering and maintenance. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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