A Framework for Projectional Multi-variant Model Editors

Schröpfer, Johannes; Buchmann, Thomas; Westfechtel, Bernhard

doi:10.5220/0010310102940305

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“…In none of the studied tools, the developer is able to alternate between platform and productoriented editing. While projectional editing [7,38,51,59], as implemented in VTS, allows developers to switch between editable product (eP) and (partial) platform (eUS) views, the integration of the changes is always performed in a platform-oriented manner (iC). We suggest to allow to arbitrarily alternate between both paradigms, since each has its distinct advantages.…”

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Unified Operations for Variability in Space and Time

Ananieva

Greiner

Krueger

et al. 2022

Proceedings of the 16th International Working Conference on Variability Modelling of Software-Intensive Systems

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Software and systems engineering is challenged by variability in space (concurrent variations at a single point in time) and time (sequential variations due to evolution). Managing both dimensions of variability independently is cumbersome and error-prone. A common foundation for operations on these dimensions is still missing, hampering the comparison and integration of existing techniques coping with variability in space and time as well as the design of new ones. In this paper, we address this problem by systematically identifying, categorizing, and unifying operations from contemporary tools and extending them to cope with both variability dimensions. Based on our gained insights, we identify gaps and trade-offs in current tools for managing variability in space and time, and discuss open challenges. The unified operations establish a common foundation that helps researchers and practitioners to gain a deeper understanding of existing techniques and tools for managing variability in space and/or time, analyze and compare them, and design new ones. CCS CONCEPTS• Software and its engineering → Software version control; Software product lines; Software configuration management and version control systems.

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Unified Operations for Variability in Space and Time

Ananieva

Greiner

Krueger

et al. 2022

Proceedings of the 16th International Working Conference on Variability Modelling of Software-Intensive Systems

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“…This paper is a significant extended version of [10] and presents a framework for generating projectional multi-variant model editors. This framework is based on our previous work on projectional single-variant editors for models in the technological space of EMF.…”

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“…Thus, no additional development effort is required to turn a single-variant editor into a multi-variant editor. The extensions compared to [10] comprise a much more in depth description of the editor and its underlying architecture as well as a complete new running example.…”

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Projectional Editing of Software Product Lines Using Multi-variant Model Editors

2022

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Model-driven software engineering (MDSE) as well as software product line engineering (SPLE) achieve productivity gains by raising the level of abstraction and fostering organized reuse. Consequently, the integrating discipline model-driven software product line engineering (MDSPLE) aims at combining the best of both worlds by creating multi-variant models which are (automatically) configured into single-variant models which are in turn adapted further (if required). Inherently complex multi-variant models call for urgently needed tools providing support for editing multi-variant models. In this paper, we present a framework for projectional multi-variant editors which make complexity manageable using a user-friendly representation. At all times, a domain engineer is aware of editing a multi-variant model which is necessary to assess the impact of changes on all model variants. Supporting a clear separation of product space (domain model) and variant space (variability annotations), our projectional multi-variant editors provide a novel approach to representing variability information which is displayed non-intrusively. Furthermore, the domain engineer may employ a projectional multi-variant editor to adapt the representation of the multi-variant domain model in a flexible way, according to the current focus of interest.

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A Framework for Projectional Multi-variant Model Editors

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Unified Operations for Variability in Space and Time

Unified Operations for Variability in Space and Time

Projectional Editing of Software Product Lines Using Multi-variant Model Editors

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