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Towards a framework for deriving platform-independent model-driven software product lines
Hacia un marco de trabajo para derivar líneas de producto de software dirigidas por modelos independientes de la plataforma
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https://doi.org/10.15446/ing.investig.v33n2.39520Keywords:
model-driven software product line, platform independent model transformation chain, domain specific language, interoperability (en)líneas de producto de software dirigidas por modelos, cadenas de transformación de modelos, lenguaje de dominio específico, interoperabilidad (es)
Model-driven software product lines (MD-SPLs) are created from domain models which are transformed, merged and composed with reusable core assets, until software products are produced. Model transformation chains (MTCs) must be specified to generate such MD-SPLs. This paper presents a framework for creating platform-independent MD-SPLs; such framework includes a domain specific language (DSL) for platform-independent MTC specification and facilities platform-specific MTC generation of several of the most used model transformation frameworks. The DSL also allows product line architects to compose generation taking the need for model transformation strategy and technology interoperability into account and specifying several types of variability involved in such generation.
Las líneas de producto de software dirigidas por modelos (MD-SPLs) son creadas a partir de modelos de dominio que se transforman, combinan y componen con artefactos reutilizables hasta que finalmente se generan productos de software. Con el fin de generar dichas MD-SPLs, es necesario especificar cadenas de transformación de modelos (MTCs). En este artículo presentamos un marco de trabajo para la creación de MD-SPLs independientes de plataforma. El marco de trabajo incluye un lenguaje de dominio particular (DSL) para la especificación de MTCs independientes de plataforma y facilidades para la generación de MTCs en plataformas específicas a fin de llegar a varios de los frameworks de transformación de modelos más utilizados (en la práctica). El DSL, además, permite que los arquitectos de líneas de producto: 1) compongan un proceso de generación teniendo en cuenta la necesidad de interoperabilidad de estrategias y tecnologías de transformación de modelos, y 2) especifiquen varios tipos de variabilidad en dicho proceso de generación.
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