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To build, or not to build: ModelFlow, a build solution for MDE projects

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Beatriz Sanchez,

Dimitris Kolovos,

Richard PaigeAuthors Info & Claims

MODELS '20: Proceedings of the 23rd ACM/IEEE International Conference on Model Driven Engineering Languages and Systems

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https://doi.org/10.1145/3365438.3410942

Published: 16 October 2020 Publication History

Abstract

Conservative execution, end-to-end traceability, and context-aware resource handling are desirable features in model management build processes. Yet, none of the existing MDE-dedicated build tools (e.g. MTC-Flow, MWE2) support such features. An initial investigation of general-purpose build tools (e.g. ANT, Gradle) to assess whether we could build a workflow engine with support for these desirable features on top of it revealed limitations that could act as roadblocks for our work. As such, we decided to design and implement a new MDE-focused build tool (ModelFlow) from scratch to avoid being constrained by assumptions and technical constraints of these tools. We evaluated whether this decision was sensible by attempting to replicate its behaviour with Gradle in a typical model-driven engineering scenario. The evaluation highlighted scenarios where Gradle could not be extended to achieve the desirable behaviour which validates the decision to not base ModelFlow on top of it.

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To build, or not to build: ModelFlow, a build solution for MDE projects
1. Software and its engineering
  1. Software notations and tools
    1. Context specific languages
      1. Domain specific languages
    2. Software maintenance tools

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MODELS '20: Proceedings of the 23rd ACM/IEEE International Conference on Model Driven Engineering Languages and Systems

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DOI:10.1145/3365438

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Cederbladh JCicchetti ASuryadevara J(2024)Early Validation and Verification of System Behaviour in Model-based Systems Engineering: A Systematic Literature ReviewACM Transactions on Software Engineering and Methodology10.1145/363197633:3(1-67)Online publication date: 15-Mar-2024
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3631976
Zwaan Avan Antwerpen HVisser E(2022)Incremental type-checking for free: using scope graphs to derive incremental type-checkersProceedings of the ACM on Programming Languages10.1145/35633036:OOPSLA2(424-448)Online publication date: 31-Oct-2022
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3563303
Safdar AAzam FAnwar MAkram URasheed YSyriani ESahraoui H(2022)MoDLFProceedings of the 25th International Conference on Model Driven Engineering Languages and Systems10.1145/3550355.3552453(187-198)Online publication date: 23-Oct-2022
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3550355.3552453

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