Title
Dynamic and generic manipulation of models: from introspection to scripting
Abstract
Model introspection is a powerful feature of existing modeling frameworks like Java Metadata Interface or Eclipse Modeling Framework. It allows a program to work with any model by querying its structure dynamically at runtime. Applications of model introspection are model transformation engines and generic models editor. We show that mechanisms for model introspection are complex to use. To address this problem, we propose the notion of model scripting which uses introspection to automatically and dynamically expose any kind of model to program control through a compact and high-level notation. In this paper, we present several principles for general model scripting. Scripting languages built with these principles can be used for numerous model driven activities, such as interactive model testing and rapid development of scripts to process models and metamodels.
Year
DOI
Venue
2006
10.1007/11880240_28
MoDELS
Keywords
Field
DocType
model transformation engine,generic manipulation,structure dynamically,generic models editor,model scripting,model introspection,program control,eclipse modeling framework,interactive model testing,general model scripting,numerous model,software modeling,scripting language,structural dynamics,process model,software architecture,software design,real time systems
Introspection,Model transformation,Programming language,Java Metadata Interface,Computer science,Process modeling,Modeling language,Type introspection,Metamodeling,Scripting language
Conference
Volume
ISSN
ISBN
4199
0302-9743
3-540-45772-0
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
5
0.44
7
Authors
2
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Christophe Tombelle151.12
Gilles Vanwormhoudt210815.60