FDDetector: A Tool for Deduplicating Features in Software Product Lines

Duplication is one of the model defects that affect software product lines during their evolution. Many approaches have been proposed to deal with duplication in code level while duplication in features hasn’t received big interest in literature. At the aim of reducing maintenance cost and improving product quality in an early stage of a product line, we have proposed in previous work a tool support based on a conceptual framework. The main objective of this tool called FDDetector is to detect and correct duplication in product line models. In this paper, we recall the motivation behind creating a solution for feature deduplication and we present progress done in the design and implementation of FDDetector.