The design space of multi-language development environments

Pfeiffer, Rolf-Helge; Wąsowski, Andrzej

doi:10.1007/s10270-013-0376-y

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“…Several research works related to models matching have been discussed in the literature. In (Pfeiffer & Wąsowski 2015) and (Cicchetti et al 2019), authors propose two feature models describing concepts required when dealing with multi-view and intermodel consistency. In this section, we use three characteristics from these feature models to evaluate the related works: input artefacts, proposed relationships and produced correspondences.…”

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A Model-Driven Approach to align Heterogeneous Models of a Complex System.

Hamlaoui¹,

Bennani²,

Anwar³

et al. 2021

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To understand and manipulate a complex system, it is necessary to apply the separation of concerns and produce separate models, called viewpoints models. These models represent views on the system that correspond to distinct business domains. They are generally heterogeneous, i.e. conform to different meta-models. The management of the system's global model (a complete view of the system) requires the identification of the existing correspondences among the viewpoints models.However, in practice these correspondences are either incompletely identified or not sufficiently formalized to be maintained when models evolve. This restricts their use and does not allow their full exploitation for managing the global model. To fix this issue, we propose AHM (Alignment of Heterogeneous Models), an approach to organize the source models as a network of models through a virtual global model called M1C (Model of correspondences between models) that conforms to a Meta-Model of Correspondences (MMC). AHM proposes also a process, allowing for both the creation of the global model, and its consistency control. Partial automation of this process is done through a refining mechanism supported by a semantics expression described in a Domain Specific Language (DSL). The application of AHM is illustrated by the example of a conference management system. A prototype of a tool called Heterogeneous Matching and Consistency management Suite (HMCS) has been developed to support this approach.

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A Model-Driven Approach to align Heterogeneous Models of a Complex System.

Hamlaoui¹,

Bennani²,

Anwar³

et al. 2021

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“…The overall design space of such tool support is discussed by Pfeiffer and Wasowski (2015). This work also includes a survey of language designers in which designers were asked questions on the new languages they designed.…”

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“…To our knowledge, this is the first survey on either of the topics of multi-language software development, cross-language linking and accompanying tool support on actual developers (industrial or otherwise), with one exception (Pfeiffer and Wasowski (2015), see below). However, there is existing non-survey work in all three areas related to this study which we discuss in the following.…”

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“…While there is existing work in each of the three areas, there are -to the best of our knowledge -no survey studies on these topics (industrial or otherwise) with one exception (a survey of language developers which touches the topic of XLL Pfeiffer and Wasowski (2015)). It is our aim to remedy this situation and to provide an industrial perspective based on the experience of professional software developers.…”

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“…Existing work on the existence and usefulness of cross-language tool support to developers is available (e.g. Pfeiffer and Wasowski (2015); Pfeiffer and Wasowski (2012a)). …”

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On multi-language software development, cross-language links and accompanying tools: a survey of professional software developers

Mayer

Kirsch

2017

J Softw Eng Res Dev

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Context: Non-trivial software systems are written using multiple (programming) languages, which are connected by cross-language links. The existence of such links may lead to various problems during software development. There is little empirical evidence on the incidence of these problems and the experiences of professional developers in this field. Aim: We want to provide empirical evidence on multi-language software development, cross-language linking, and tool support in industry, including the views of professional developers on benefits and problems in these areas. Methods: We conducted a survey study to gather responses from 139 professional software developers. Results: Respondents reported an average of 7 languages and 3 linked language pairs per project. Respondents saw benefits of multi-language development for the motivation of developers and the translation of requirements, but problems in understandability and changeability. Over 90% of respondents reported problems related to cross-language linking. Developers universally agree on the usefulness of tool support. Conclusions: Multi-language programming and cross-language linking seem common but lead to several problems. We suggest that future practical as well as research efforts focus on these issues by creating appropriate tool support and by developing better techniques for cross-language linking for improved changeability and understandability.

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