Domain-Specific Modeling Enabling Full Code Generation

by Kelly, Steven; Tolvanen, Juha-Pekka

• ISBN13: 9780470036662
• ISBN10: 0470036664
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2008-03-07
• Publisher: Wiley-IEEE Computer Society Pr

Summary

Domain-Specific Modeling (DSM) is the latest approach to software development, promising to greatly increase the speed and ease of software creation. Two authorities in the field explain what DSM is, why it works, and how to use it to improve productivity and quality. Divided into four parts, the book covers: background and motivation; fundamentals; in-depth examples; and creating DSM solutions. The book is complemented iwth examples from various fields to illustrate to experienced developers how DSM can improve software development in their teams.

Author Biography

Steven Kelly, PhD, is the CTO of MetaCase and cofounder of the DSM Forum. He has over fifteen years of experience in building metamodeling environments and acting as a consultant on their use in DSM. As architect and lead developer of MetaEdit+, MetaCase's DSM tool, he has seen it win or become a finalist for awards from Byte, SD Times, the Innosuomi Prize for innovation awarded by the Finnish president, and the Jolt Excellence Awards. Ever-present on the OOPSLA DSM workshop program committee, he co-organized the first workshop in 2001.

Juha-Pekka Tolvanen, PhD, is the CEO of MetaCase. He has been involved in model-driven approaches, metamodeling, and DSM languages and tools since 1991. He has acted as a consultant worldwide on modeling language development and has written over sixty articles for software development magazines and conferences. Dr. Tolvanen started the OOPSLA workshops on DSM in 2001 and has been on the organizing committee since. As cofounder of the DSM Forum, he plays a leading role in the shift toward model-driven software development.

Table of Contents

Foreword	p. XI
Preface	p. XIII
Background and Motivation	p. 1
Introduction	p. 3
Seeking a Better Level of Abstraction	p. 3
Code-Driven and Model-Driven Development	p. 4
An Example: Modeling with a General-Purpose Language and a Domain-Specific Language	p. 7
What is DSM?	p. 15
When to Use DSM?	p. 18
Summary	p. 19
Business Value	p. 21
Productivity	p. 21
Quality	p. 27
Leverage Expertise	p. 31
The Economics of DSM	p. 34
Summary	p. 41
Fundamentals	p. 43
DSM Defined	p. 45
DSM Characteristics	p. 45
Implications of DSM for Users	p. 52
Difference from Other Modeling Approaches	p. 55
Tooling for DSM	p. 59
Summary	p. 61
Architecture of DSM	p. 63
Introduction	p. 63
Language	p. 68
Models	p. 77
Code Generator	p. 79
Domain Framework and Target Environment	p. 86
DSM Organization and Process	p. 88
Summary	p. 92
DSM Examples	p. 93
IP Telephony and Call Processing	p. 97
Introduction and Objectives	p. 97
Development Process	p. 100
Language for Modeling Call Processing Services	p. 101
Modeling IP Telephony Services	p. 111
Generator for XML	p. 112
Framework Support	p. 117
Main Results	p. 118
Summary	p. 118
Insurance Products	p. 120
Introduction and Objectives	p. 120
Development Process	p. 121
Language for Modeling Insurances	p. 123
Modeling Insurance Products	p. 131
Generator for Java	p. 132
Framework Support	p. 138
Main Results	p. 138
Summary	p. 139
Home Automation	p. 140
Introduction and Objectives	p. 140
Development Process	p. 142
Home Automation Modeling Language	p. 144
Home Automation Modeling Language in Use	p. 150
Generator	p. 153
Main Results	p. 157
Summary	p. 158
Mobile Phone Applications Using a Python Framework	p. 160
Introduction and Objectives	p. 160
Development Process	p. 163
Language for Application Modeling	p. 164
Modeling Phone Applications	p. 174
Generator for Python	p. 176
Framework Support	p. 184
Main Results	p. 185
Extending the Solution to Native S60 C++	p. 185
Summary	p. 189
Digital Wristwatch	p. 191
Introduction and Objectives	p. 191
Development Process	p. 193
Modeling Language	p. 193
Models	p. 207
Code Generation for Watch Models	p. 212
The Domain Framework	p. 220
Main Results	p. 222
Summary	p. 224
Creating DSM Solutions	p. 225
DSM Language Definition	p. 227
Introduction and Objectives	p. 227
Identifying and Defining Modeling Concepts	p. 228
Formalizing Languages with Metamodeling	p. 247
Defining Language Rules	p. 250
Integrating Multiple Languages	p. 253
Notation for the Language	p. 257
Testing the Languages	p. 261
Maintaining the Languages	p. 264
Summary	p. 266
Generator Definition	p. 267
"Here's One I Made Earlier"	p. 268
Types of Generator Facilities	p. 270
Generator Output Patterns	p. 276
Generator Structure	p. 297
Process	p. 304
Summary	p. 308
Domain Framework	p. 311
Removing Duplication from Generated Code	p. 313
Hiding Platform Details	p. 315
Providing an Interface for the Generator	p. 317
Summary	p. 327
DSM Definition Process	p. 329
Choosing Among Possible Candidate Domains	p. 329
Organizing for DSM	p. 330
Proof of Concept	p. 335
Defining the DSM Solution	p. 339
Pilot Project	p. 345
DSM Deployment	p. 347
DSM as a Continuous Process in the Real World	p. 352
Summary	p. 356
Tools for DSM	p. 357
Different Approaches to Building Tool Support	p. 357
A Brief History of Tools	p. 359
What is Needed in a DSM Environment	p. 365
Current Tools	p. 390
Summary	p. 395
DSM in Use	p. 397
Model Reuse	p. 397
Model Sharing and Splitting	p. 400
Model Versioning	p. 404
Summary	p. 407
Conclusion	p. 408
No Sweat Shops-But no Fritz Lang's Metropolis Either	p. 409
The Onward March of DSM	p. 410
Metamodeling Language	p. 411
References	p. 415
Index	p. 423
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