Towards a UML Profile for Software Product Lines

Ziadi, Tewfik; Hélouët, Loı̈c; Jézéquel, Jean-Marc

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“…For instance, in [155], the variability modeling language (VML) specializes the ideas of OVM for architectural models constituting an annotative approach. Also for UML component diagrams, UML stereotypes [227,92] or presence conditions [58] can be used to model variable parts of the architecture.…”

Section: Architectural Variabilitymentioning

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Software diversity: state of the art and perspectives

Schaefer

Rabiser²,

Clarke

et al. 2012

Int J Softw Tools Technol Transfer

136

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Abstract. Diversity is prevalent in modern software systems to facilitate adapting the software to customer requirements or the execution environment. Diversity has an impact on all phases of the software development process. Appropriate means and organizational structures are required to deal with the additional complexity introduced by software variability. This introductory article to the special section "Software Diversity -Modeling, Analysis and Evolution" provides an overview of the current state of the art in diverse systems development and discusses challenges and potential solutions. The article covers requirements analysis, design, implementation, verification and validation, maintenance and evolution as well as organizational aspects. It also provides an overview of the articles which are part of this special section and address particular issues of diverse systems development.

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Section: Architectural Variabilitymentioning

confidence: 99%

Software diversity: state of the art and perspectives

Schaefer

Rabiser²,

Clarke

et al. 2012

Int J Softw Tools Technol Transfer

136

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“…Annotative approaches consider one model representing all products of the product line. Variant annotations, e.g., using UML stereotypes in UML models [38,14] or presence conditions [12], define which parts of the model have to be removed to derive a concrete product model. The orthogonal variability model (OVM) proposed in Pohl.…”

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Variability Modelling in the ABS Language

Clarke

Muschevici

Proença

et al. 2011

Formal Methods for Components and Objects

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Abstract. The HATS project aims at developing a model-centric methodology for the design, implementation and verification of highly configurable systems, such as software product lines, centred around the Abstract Behavioural Specification (ABS) modelling Language. This article describes the variability modelling features of the ABS Modelling framework. It consists of four languages, namely, µTVL for describing feature models at a high level of abstraction, the Delta Modelling Language DML for describing variability of the 'code' base in terms of delta modules, the Product Line Configuration Language CL for linking feature models and delta modules together and the Product Selection Language PSL for describing a specific product to extract from a product line. Both formal semantics and examples of each language are presented.

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“…In [42], we have proposed a UML profile for PL. This profile includes mechanisms to specify variability within two types of UML 2.0 diagrams: class diagrams and sequence diagrams.…”

Section: Pl Static Architecture As Uml Class Diagramsmentioning

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“…To specify optionality in class diagrams, we introduced the <<optional>> stereotype. This stereotype can be applied to classes, packages, attributes or operations [42].…”

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“…However, this variability is only resolved at run-time and it is not explicit in the model. To explicitly specify the variation in UML class diagram, we introduced two stereotypes <<variation>> and <<variant>> [42]. The <<variation>> stereotype is associated with the abstract-class while <<variant>> is associated with sub-classes.…”

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Software Product Line Engineering with the UML: Deriving Products

Ziadi

Jézéquel

2006

Software Product Lines

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Abstract.Software product line engineering introduces two new dimensions into the traditional engineering of software-based systems: the variability modeling and the product derivation. The variability gathers characteristics that differ from one product to another, while the product derivation is defined as a complete process of building products from the product line. Software Product Line Engineering with the UML has received a lot of attention in recent years. However most of these works only concern variability modeling in UML static models and few works concern behavioral models. In addition, there is very little research on product derivation. This chapter investigates the product derivation in the context of the product line engineering with the UML. First, a set of extensions are proposed to model product line variability in two types of UML models: class diagrams (the static aspect) and sequence diagrams (the behavioral aspect). Then we formalize product derivation using a UML model transformation. An algorithm is given to derive a static model for a product and an algebraic approach is proposed to derive product specific statecharts from the sequence diagrams of the product line. Two simple case studies are presented, based on a Mercure product line and the banking product line, to illustrate the overall process, from the modeling of the product line to the product derivation. 999

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Towards a UML Profile for Software Product Lines

Cited by 98 publications

References 3 publications

Software diversity: state of the art and perspectives

Software diversity: state of the art and perspectives

Variability Modelling in the ABS Language

Software Product Line Engineering with the UML: Deriving Products

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