Program Refactoring, Program Synthesis, and Model-Driven Development

Program refactoring, feature-based and aspect-oriented software synthesis, and model-driven development are disjoint research areas. However, they are all architectural metaprogramming technologies as they treat programs as values and use functions (a.k.a. transformations) to map programs to other programs. In this paper, I explore their underlying connections by reviewing recent advances in each area from an architectural metaprogramming perspective. I conjecture how these areas can converge and outline a theory that may unify them.

• Type: Conference
• Year: 2007
• Where: CC
• Authors: Don S. Batory
• Keywords: Architectural Metaprogramming, Architectural Metaprogramming Technologies, CC 2007, Disjoint Research Areas, System Software