Reusing the Legacy Code Based on the LC-WS Method

Since there is currently a massive amount of legacy code in the old system, a new method, LC-WS for the purpose of reusing the legacy code, is presented in this paper. The legacy code is wrapped and published into Web Services which can be accessed and invoked by clients. By the method of LC-WS, a lot of legacy code can be reused at lower cost. The obtained result can not only shorten the research period, but also lower exploitation risk. Many experiments have proven this method feasible.