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Keeping clients' models up-to-date with Edelta

Year: 2024

Type: conference-paper

Abstract: Metamodels and models are artifacts that must evolve together to keep consistency and validity. Developers have little control over client-created models, and ensuring consistency with new versions of model-based applications requires additional effort. In this paper, we extend Edelta (a Java framework for the co-evolution and refactoring of EMF metamodels and models) to support metamodel developers in deploying their model-based applications together with the code to update clients' models transparently when metamodels change in new versions of the applications. We demonstrate our approach by implementing an EMF application with a typical EMF-generated editor. The application's clients will have their models automatically and transparently updated to new versions, independently of how old their models are.

Source: ACM/IEEE International Conference on Model Driven Engineering Languages and Systems (MODELS)

DOI: 10.1145/3652620.3687789

Authors: Lorenzo Bettini, Davide Di Ruscio, Amleto Di Salle, Ludovico Iovino, Alfonso Pierantonio

Institutions: University of Florence, University of L'Aquila, Gran Sasso Science Institute

Language: English

Topic: Model-Driven Software Engineering Techniques

Subfield: Software

Field: Computer Science

Domain: Physical Sciences

Open Access status: hybrid

OpenAlex ID: W4403935774

FWCI: 1.107

Cites: 17

Cited by: 4

Related to: 10