Customizing model migrations by rule schemes

Abstract

Model-driven engineering (MDE) is a software engineering discipline focusing on models as the primary artifacts in the software development process while programs are mainly generated by means of model-to-code transformations. In particular, modeling languages tailored to specific application domains promise to increase the productivity and quality of software development. Nevertheless due to e.g. evolving requirements, modeling languages and their meta-models evolve which means that existing models have to be migrated correspondingly. In our approach, such co-evolutions are specified as related graph transformations ensuring welltyped model migration results. Based on our earlier work on co-transformations, we now consider the automatic deduction of migration rule schemes from given meta-model evolution rules. Rule schemes form the basis for user customizations on a high abstraction level. A rule scheme deduction algorithm is presented and several customized migration schemes for different co-evolution examples are discussed.

Approaches to Co-Evolution of Metamodels and Models: A Survey

“…Resolution Strategy Generation The second group contains 6 approaches that allow the (partial) generation of resolution strategies for a given metamodel change. These approaches have been presented by Didonet et al [36], de Geest et al [37], Garcés et al [38], [39], Meyers et al [40], Mantz & Taentzer et al [41], [42], [43], [44], [45], [46], and Anguel et al [47]. Note that the approach of Didonet et al is not dedicated to metamodel-model co-evolution, but to the generation of model transformations in general [36].…”

Surveying the Corpus of Model Resolution Strategies for Metamodel Evolution

“…Years Implementation Approaches to generate resolution strategies: de Geest et al [10] 2008 claim Garcés et al [11], [12] 2008-2009 claim Meyers et al [13] 2012 no Mantz & Taentzeret al [14], [15], [16], [17], [18], [19] 2012-2013 no…”