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Metaclasses in UML and in Programming Languages

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Programming and Computer Software, Volume 49, Issue 5

Pages 464 - 469

https://doi.org/10.1134/S0361768823050067

Published: 01 October 2023 Publication History

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Design and programming are important stages of the development process of object-oriented information systems. At the design stage, a problem domain model is built, usually in the form of a UML class diagram. Sometimes it is convenient for a designer to apply the concept of metaclass to model the problem domain. However, UML does not directly support metaclasses. It is described how in some cases it is possible to move from models with metaclasses to models with standard classes. Examples are given showing the capabilities of Python, Scala, and Objective-C for implementing such models. In addition, an analysis of differences in the interpretation of the concept of metaclass in these languages is carried out.

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Programming and Computing Software Volume 49, Issue 5

Oct 2023

111 pages

ISSN:0361-7688

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© Pleiades Publishing, Ltd. 2023. ISSN 0361-7688, Programming and Computer Software, 2023, Vol. 49, No. 5, pp. 464–469. © Pleiades Publishing, Ltd., 2023. Russian Text © The Author(s), 2022, published in Programmnaya Ingeneria, Vol. 13, No. 3.

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Published: 01 October 2023

Accepted: 15 April 2023

Revision received: 18 March 2023

Received: 10 February 2023

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