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Multi-language systems based on perspectives to promote modularity, reusability, and consistency

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

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https://doi.org/10.1145/3417990.3419489

Published: 26 October 2020 Publication History

Abstract

Model-driven engineering advocates the use of different modelling languages and multiple views to describe the characteristics of a complex system. This allows to express a specific system characteristic with the most appropriate modelling language. However, establishing the conceptual relationships between elements from different languages and then consistently maintaining links between model elements are non-trivial tasks. In this research, we present a framework for the specification and development of multi-language systems based on perspectives to promote modularity in language reuse, inter-language consistency, and combination of languages. A perspective groups different languages for a modelling purpose and defines the role of each participating language. A perspective defines composite actions for building a consistent multi-model system and maintaining the links between different model elements. The aim of this framework is that the perspective designer only needs to specify relationships between different languages. A generative approach then ensures model consistencies, hence freeing the perspective designer from the error-prone implementation of the consistency mechanism and simplifying the modular combination of different languages.

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Ali HMussbacher GKienzle J(2022)Perspectives to promote modularity, reusability, and consistency in multi-language systemsInnovations in Systems and Software Engineering10.1007/s11334-021-00425-318:1(5-37)Online publication date: 17-Jan-2022
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11334-021-00425-3

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Multi-language systems based on perspectives to promote modularity, reusability, and consistency
1. Software and its engineering
  1. Software creation and management
    1. Software development techniques

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

October 2020

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ISBN:9781450381352

DOI:10.1145/3417990

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Ali HMussbacher GKienzle J(2022)Perspectives to promote modularity, reusability, and consistency in multi-language systemsInnovations in Systems and Software Engineering10.1007/s11334-021-00425-318:1(5-37)Online publication date: 17-Jan-2022
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