Module superimposition: a composition technique for rule-based model transformation languages

Wagelaar, Dennis; Straeten, Ragnhild Van Der; Deridder, Dirk

doi:10.1007/s10270-009-0134-3

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“…On the contrary, the Refining Mode has limitations that often hamper the development of more complex transformations, e.g., transformations that define imperative constructs. On the other hand, Module Superimposition can deal with nonstandard situations, such as defining imperative statements (Wagelaar et al, 2010).…”

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Model Refinement in the Model Driven Architecture Context

Agner

Soares

Stadzisz

et al. 2012

Journal of Computer Science

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Problem statement: Model Driven Architecture (MDA) is a software development approach based on the design and the transformation of models. In MDA, models are systematically translated to other models and to a source code. Model transformation plays a key role in MDA. Several model transformation languages have been launched lately, aiming to facilitate the translation of input models to output models. The employment of such languages in practical contexts has succeed, although quite often those languages cannot be directly applied to a particular type of model transformation, called refinement. Approach: This study provides a general overview on model refinement and investigates two approaches for model refinement based on Atlas Transformation Language (ATL) referred to as: Refining mode and module superimposition. ATL is a widely adopted language for solving model transformation problems in the MDA approach. Results: This study presents the comparative results obtained from the analysis of the Refining Mode and the Module Superimposition approaches, emphasizing their application benefits. Conclusion:The increasing use of MDA for the design of software systems empowered researches on how developers may benefit from approaches that perform model refinement. The main advantages achieved with the use of the Module Superimposition technique are maintainability and reusability improvement, obtained through module composition and rule superimposition. In its turn, the Refining Mode stands out for its ease of use.

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“…Module superimposition: Module Superimposition is an internal composition technique in which a transformation module is superimposed by another transformation module (Wagelaar et al, 2010). In this way, multiple transformation definitions are combined in a single definition.…”

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Model Refinement in the Model Driven Architecture Context

Agner

Soares

Stadzisz

et al. 2012

Journal of Computer Science

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“…This mismatch cannot be addressed, since our binding mechanism is less flexible for target concepts than for source concepts. In order to fix this issue, ATL superimposition [WSD10] can be used to extend the adapted transformation so that the elements relationship is properly filled. In general, this strategy can be used to extend an adapted transformation when our binding is not powerful enough.…”

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Flexible Model-to-Model Transformation Templates: An Application to ATL.

Cuadrado¹,

Guerra²,

Lara³

2012

JOT

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Model transformation is one of the core techniques in ModelDriven Engineering. Many transformation languages exist nowadays, but few offer mechanisms directed to the reuse of whole transformations or transformation fragments in different contexts.Taking inspiration from generic programming, in this paper we define model transformation templates. These templates are not defined over concrete meta-models, but on so-called meta-model concepts which later can be bound to specific meta-models. The binding mechanism is flexible as it permits mapping concepts and meta-models with certain kinds of structural heterogeneities. The approach is general and can be applied to any model transformation language. In this paper we report on its application to ATL.

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“…There are different reuse approaches for model transformations, ranging from reusing single rules (e.g., rule inheritance [12]) to reusing complete transformations (e.g., superimposition [11] or phasing [7]). However, most are type-centric, in the sense that a transformation cannot be reused for meta-models different from the ones used by the original transformation, thus limiting the reuse possibilities.…”

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Reusable Model Transformation Components with bentō

Cuadrado

Guerra

Lara

2015

Theory and Practice of Model Transformations

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Esta es la versión de autor de la comunicación de congreso publicada en: This is an author produced version of a paper published in: Abstract. Building high-quality transformations that can be used in real projects is complex and time-consuming. For this reason, the ability to reuse existing transformations in different, unforeseen scenarios is very valuable. However, there is scarce tool support for this task. This paper presents bentō, a tool which supports the development and execution of reusable transformation components. In bentō, a reusable transformation is written as a regular ATL transformation, but it uses concepts as meta-models. Reuse is achieved by binding such concepts to meta-models, which induces the transformation adaptation. Moreover, composite components enable chaining transformations, and it is possible to convert an existing transformation into a reusable component. Bentō is implemented as an Eclipse plug-in, available as free software.

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Module superimposition: a composition technique for rule-based model transformation languages

Cited by 51 publications

References 11 publications

Model Refinement in the Model Driven Architecture Context

Model Refinement in the Model Driven Architecture Context

Flexible Model-to-Model Transformation Templates: An Application to ATL.

Reusable Model Transformation Components with bentō

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