JCHVT: A kind of software visualization method for Java Code

Java Code Hierarchical Visualization Tool (JCHVT) is a software visualization system oriented to Java source code, which has been designed on the concept of service and with reference to Class diagram and Polymetric view. JCHVT is able to automatically create a hierarchical view of the software system, which can reflect the relationships among classes, structure of the system and even the roles of classes played in the system. Meanwhile, JCHVT provides various methods of human-computer interactions which can help user to understand the graph and identify the useful information in the view.