Projectional Editing of Software Product Lines Using Multi-variant Model Editors

Model-driven software engineering (MDSE) as well as software product line engineering (SPLE) achieve productivity gains by raising the level of abstraction and fostering organized reuse. Consequently, the integrating discipline model-driven software product line engineering (MDSPLE) aims at combinin...

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Published in:SN computer science Vol. 4; no. 1; p. 35
Main Authors: Schröpfer, Johannes, Buchmann, Thomas, Westfechtel, Bernhard
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: Singapore Springer Nature Singapore 01.01.2023
Springer Nature B.V
Subjects:
Annotations
Complexity
Computer Imaging
Computer Science
Computer Systems Organization and Communication Networks
Data Structures and Information Theory
Editing
Editors
Engineering
Engineers
Information Systems and Communication Service
Model-Driven Engineering and Software Development
Original Research
Pattern Recognition and Graphics
Product lines
Representations
Software
Software development
Software engineering
Software Engineering/Programming and Operating Systems
Syntax
Variability
Vision
Generic framework
Projectional editing
Software product lines
Model-driven development
Multi-variant model
Ecore
ISSN:2661-8907, 2662-995X, 2661-8907
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Summary:Model-driven software engineering (MDSE) as well as software product line engineering (SPLE) achieve productivity gains by raising the level of abstraction and fostering organized reuse. Consequently, the integrating discipline model-driven software product line engineering (MDSPLE) aims at combining the best of both worlds by creating multi-variant models which are (automatically) configured into single-variant models which are in turn adapted further (if required). Inherently complex multi-variant models call for urgently needed tools providing support for editing multi-variant models. In this paper, we present a framework for projectional multi-variant editors which make complexity manageable using a user-friendly representation. At all times, a domain engineer is aware of editing a multi-variant model which is necessary to assess the impact of changes on all model variants. Supporting a clear separation of product space (domain model) and variant space (variability annotations), our projectional multi-variant editors provide a novel approach to representing variability information which is displayed non-intrusively. Furthermore, the domain engineer may employ a projectional multi-variant editor to adapt the representation of the multi-variant domain model in a flexible way, according to the current focus of interest.
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ISSN:2661-8907
2662-995X
2661-8907
DOI:10.1007/s42979-022-01456-8