Code generation using model driven architecture: A systematic mapping study

Sebastián, Gabriel; Gallud, José A.; Tesoriero, Ricardo

doi:10.1016/j.cola.2019.100935

Cited by 36 publications

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“…Reference [18] reports on the state-of-the-art of code generation using MDA research in software engineering. The authors identified 50 primary studies out of 2.145 related MDA articles over the period 2008-2018.…”

Section: Comparison With An Mda Approach For Web Application Developmentmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The Unified Modeling Language (UML) Standardized by the Object Management Group (OMG) in 1997, UML is both a de facto and a de jure standard in industrial development of software systems, as reiterated in recent publications (e.g., References [5,18]).…”

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“…Transformations can be Model to Model (it concerns the transition from CIM to PIM or from PIM to PSM) and Model to Text (it concerns the generation of the code from the PSM to a specific programming language as a target). Reference [18] reports about the state-of-the-art of code generation using MDA research in software engineering.…”

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Automatic Code Generation of MVC Web Applications

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As Web applications become more and more complex, the development costs are increasing as well. A Model Driven Architecture (MDA) approach is proposed in this paper since it simplifies modeling, design, implementation, and integration of applications by defining software mainly at the model level. We adopt the The Unified Modeling Language (UML), as modeling language. UML provides a set of diagrams to model structural and behavioral aspects of the Web applications. Automatic translation of UML diagrams to the Object-Oriented code is highly desirable because it eliminates the chances of introducing human errors. Moreover, automatic code generation helps the software designers delivering of the software on time. In our approach, the automatic transformations across the MDA’s levels are based on meta-models for two of the most important constructs of UML, namely Use Cases and classes. A proprietary tool (called xGenerator) performs the transformations up to the Java source code. The architecture of the generated Web applications respects a variant of the well-known Model-View-Controller (MVC) pattern.

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“…Ref. [1] reports about the state-of-the-art of code generation using MDA. The authors identified 50 primary studies out of 2145 related MDA articles over the period 2008-2018.…”

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“…Ref. [1] reports about the state-of-the-art of code generation using MDA research in software engineering.…”

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confidence: 99%

Empirical Assessment of the Quality of MVC Web Applications Returned by xGenerator

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Many scholars have reported that the adoption of Model Driven Engineering (MDE) in the industry is still marginal. Real-life case studies, completed with convincing empirical data about the quality of the developed source code, is an effective way to persuade the industry that the adoption of MDE brings an actual added value. This paper reports about the assessment of the quality of the code outputted by xGenerator: a Java technology platform for the development of enterprise Web applications, which implements the MDE paradigm. Two recent papers from Aniche and his colleagues were selected to carry out the measurements. The former study is about metrics and thresholds for MVC Web applications, while the latter presents a catalog of six smells tailored to MVC Web applications. A big merit of both of these proposals is that they fix the metric thresholds by taking into account the MVC software architecture. The results of the empirical assessment, carried out on a real-life project, proved that the quality of the code is high.

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Software assistants in software engineering: A systematic mapping study

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The increasing essential complexity of software systems makes current software engineering methods and practices fall short in many occasions. Software assistants have the ability to help humans achieve a variety of tasks, including the development of software. Such assistants, which show human‐like competences such as autonomy and intelligence, help software engineers do their job by empowering them with new knowledge. This article investigates the research efforts that have been conducted on the creation of assistants for software design, construction and maintenance paying special attention to the user‐assistant interactions. To this end, we followed the standard systematic mapping study method to identify and classify relevant works in the state of the art. Out of the 7580 articles resulting from the automatic search, we identified 112 primary studies that present works which qualify as software assistants. We provide all the resources needed to reproduce our study. We report on the trends and goals of the assistants, the tasks they perform, how they interact with users, the technologies and mechanisms they exploit to embed intelligence and provide knowledge, and their level of automation. We propose a classification of software assistants based on interactions and present an analysis of the different automation patterns. As outcomes of our study, we provide a classification of software assistants dealing with the design, construction and maintenance phases of software development, we discuss the results, identify open lines of work and challenges and call for new innovative and rigorous research efforts in this field.

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Code generation using model driven architecture: A systematic mapping study

Cited by 36 publications

References 17 publications

Automatic Code Generation of MVC Web Applications

Automatic Code Generation of MVC Web Applications

Empirical Assessment of the Quality of MVC Web Applications Returned by xGenerator

Software assistants in software engineering: A systematic mapping study

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