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Automated retrofitting.
Posted: Thu Nov 15, 2018 12:22 pm
by Mukul Roy
Hi,
Are there tools in which an automated retrofit is allowed? As far as I know it is usually done manually.
Re: Automated retrofitting.
Posted: Thu Nov 15, 2018 11:02 pm
by Robert Sample
I think the answer to your question will depend at least in part upon what you mean by "retrofit" -- are you talking about:
- updating an application to use a new database
- updating an application to use a new operating system
- updating an application to use a new hardware platform
- updating an application to meet new requirements
When migrating from one database to another, or one hardware platform to another, frequently there are automated tools that can assist in such migrations. Updating an application to use a new operating system, or to meet new requirements, though, will generally mean someone has to make the changes (and if the operating system changes the code page then the changes could be extensive) manually. And even if there is a tool to do automated retrofitting, the output of that tool needs to be carefully checked to ensure it has translated the business requirements correctly.
Re: Automated retrofitting.
Posted: Fri Nov 16, 2018 1:39 am
by enrico-sorichetti
NO.
the common meaning of retrofit is
make some changes to something old so that it can provide some of the facilities of a newer version of the same thing
usually happens because of a poor deployment plan
seen it happen for applications depending on legal/law requirements
a new application being developed with the plan to be deployed at the proper time
somebody f*ck** up things and the legal/law required mods had to be <back>ported to the old implementation
regardless of the change direction the process cannot be automated at high level
Re: Automated retrofitting.
Posted: Fri Nov 16, 2018 6:03 pm
by DB2 Guy
Retrofitting can not be automated. Think of a situation:
Program-1, Requirement-1:
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IF some-variable='A' or 'B'
Do this
END-IF
Code: Select all
IF some-variable='C'
Do this
END-IF
Retrofit would mean to have this:
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IF some-variable='A' or 'B' or 'C'
Do this
END-IF
I doubt any tool can do something like this
automatically.