MT-Flow - An Environment for Workflow-Supported Model Transformations in MDA

Abstract. Specification of systems in a software product line (product-line members) is often supported by domain-specific languages (DSLs) that provide pownguage abstractions for selecting the features of the desired system. In this paper, we show that efficient composition of system specifications (which, in our case, are expressed as models) is also possible using (i) a domain-specific workflow model that guides the composition and (ii) a set of domain-specific templates for model transformations. We illustrate the entire approach on a product line for versioning systems, define a metamodel for workflow models and postulate a measure for estimating the benefits of the proposed approach. 1 Problem Formulation Generative software development approaches, extensively outlined by Czarnecki and Eisenecker [6], represent a key enabling technology for software product lines, which have recently gained tremendous attention both from research and industry. According to Clements and Northrop [...

• Type: Conference
• Year: 2004
• Where: CAISE
• Authors: Jernej Kovse, Theo Härder
• Keywords: CAISE 2004, Product Line, Software Product Line, Workflow Models