Generic Model Transformations: Write Once, Reuse Everywhere

Cuadrado, Jesús Sánchez; Guerra, Esther; Lara, Juan de

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“…Additionally, using the linguistic API, it is possible to access the type clabject of another one usingˆtype, as shown in line 10. Deep transformations and co-transformations are a form of generic, reusable transformations [43], as they are defined once and can be applied to a family of DSMLs: those that are conformant to the DSMM language meta-model at level 2. Co-transformations are generic, as they do not make assumptions on specific types to be defined at meta-level 1.…”

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Model-driven engineering with domain-specific meta-modelling languages

2013

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The final publication is available at Springer via http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10270-013-0367-zDomain-specific modelling languages are normally defined through general-purpose meta-modelling languages like the MOF. While this is satisfactory for many model-driven engineering (MDE) projects, several researchers have identified the need for domain-specific meta-modelling (DSMM) languages. These provide customised domain-specific meta-modelling primitives aimed at the definition of modelling languages for a specific domain, as well as the construction of meta-model families. Unfortunately, current approaches to DSMM rely on ad hoc methods which add unnecessary complexity to the realization of DSMM in practice. Hence, the goal of this paper is to simplify the definition and usage of DSMM languages. For this purpose, we apply multi-level meta-modelling for the systematic engineering of DSMM architectures. Our method integrates techniques to control the meta-modelling primitives offered to the users of the DSMM languages, provides a flexible approach to define textual concrete syntaxes for DSMM languages, and extends existing model management languages (for model-to-model transformation, in-place transformation and code generation) to work in a multi-level setting, thus enabling the practical use of DSMM in MDE. As a proof of concept, we report on a working implementation of these ideas in the MetaDepth tool.We thank the referees for their detailed and useful comments. This work has been funded by the Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitivity with project “Go Lite” (TIN2011-24139), and the R&D programme of Madrid Region with project “eMadrid” (S2009/TIC-1650)

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“…This means that points at which a model should be changed can be defined using an ordinary model snippet, which serves as a detection pattern. No preparatory steps, such as manually annotating a model or executing transformations that mark elements to be changed, are needed as is the case for other approaches [13,26].…”

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Achieving Practical Genericity in Model Weaving through Extensibility

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Theory and Practice of Model Transformations

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Abstract. Many tasks in Model-Driven Engineering (MDE) involve crosscutting model modifications that are bound to certain conditions. These transformation tasks may affect numerous model elements and appear in different forms, such as refactoring, model completions or aspect-oriented model weaving. Although the operations at the heart of these tasks are domain-independent, generic solutions that can easily be used and customized are rare. General-purpose model transformation languages as well as existing model weavers exhibit metamodel-specific restrictions and introduce accidental complexity. In this paper, we present a model weaver that addresses these problems using an extensible approach that is defined for metamodelling languages and therefore generic. Through examples of different formalisms we illustrate how our weaver manages homogeneous in-place model transformations that may involve the duplication, merge, and removal of model elements in a generic way. Possibilities to extend and customize our weaver are exemplified for the non-software domain of Building Information Modelling (BIM).

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“…In this paper, we expand the formalization by allowing a more flexible binding by means of algebraic adapters, which are able to resolve heterogeneities between the concept and the meta-model, in the line of [29]. This approach increases the reuse opportunities of transformation templates because their associated concepts can be bound to a wider set of meta-models.…”

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“…This approach increases the reuse opportunities of transformation templates because their associated concepts can be bound to a wider set of meta-models. Interestingly, the formalization of our adapters involves building a "virtual view" that unifies the two main approaches to genericity in MDE (namely, adaptation of the transformation [29] and meta-model adaptation [18]) and enables the study of the conditions for their equivalence.…”

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Towards the flexible reuse of model transformations: A formal approach based on graph transformation

Lara

Guerra

2014

Journal of Logical and Algebraic Methods in Programming

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Esta es la versión de autor del artículo publicado en: This is an author produced version of a paper published in:Journal of Logical and Algebraic Methods in Programming 83. 5-6 (2014) AbstractModel transformations are the heart and soul of Model Driven Engineering (MDE). However, in order to increase the adoption of MDE by industry, techniques for developing model transformations in the large and raising the quality and productivity in their construction, like reusability, are still needed.In previous works, we developed a reutilization approach for graph transformations based on the definition of concepts, which gather the structural requirements needed by meta-models to qualify for the transformations. Reusable transformations are typed by concepts, becoming transformation templates. Transformation templates are instantiated by binding the concept to a concrete meta-model, inducing a retyping of the transformation for the given meta-model. This paper extends the approach allowing heterogeneities between the concept and the metamodel, thus increasing the reuse opportunities of transformation templates. Heterogeneities are resolved by using algebraic adapters which induce both a retyping and an adaptation of the transformation. As an alternative, the adapters can also be employed to induce an adaptation of the meta-model, and in this work we show the conditions for equivalence of both approaches to transformation reuse.

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Generic Model Transformations: Write Once, Reuse Everywhere

Cited by 34 publications

References 15 publications

Model-driven engineering with domain-specific meta-modelling languages

Model-driven engineering with domain-specific meta-modelling languages

Achieving Practical Genericity in Model Weaving through Extensibility

Towards the flexible reuse of model transformations: A formal approach based on graph transformation

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