A Novel Approach using Alloy in Domain-specific Language Engineering

• Type: Article in International Conference Proceedings Book
• Date: 2015

Authors

Moreira, RMLM (Author) Other; Paiva, ACR (Author) FEUP

Conference proceedings International

Title: MODELSWARD 2015 PROCEEDINGS OF THE 3RD INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON MODEL-DRIVEN ENGINEERING AND SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT

Pages: 157-164

3rd International Conference on Model-Driven Engineering and Software Development (MODELSWARD)

Angers, FRANCE, FEB 09-11, 2015

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CORDIS: Technological sciences > Engineering > Computer engineering

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PTDC/EIA-EIA/119479/2010 - Teste de interfaces gráficas com o utilizador baseado em padrões

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Authenticus ID: P-00G-G0W

DOI: 10.5220/0005228101570164

Abstract (EN): Modeling and building software systems for a given specific domain is a complex task. Domain-Specific Languages (DSLs) have been increasingly gaining attention because they are developed to cope with particularities of specific domains. However, DSL development consists in a set of tasks to be performed and some can be error-prone. Identifying the correct set of elements within a DSL and their constraints can be very demanding. Alloy is a popular lightweight intuitive formal language with a simple notation that is easy to read and write. When models of a DSL are specified using Alloy, it becomes possible to generate instances that should represent valid models. So, this paper presents a generic innovative methodology using Alloy in DSL engineering, in order to find and tune language constraints in a systematic way. It also presents an empirical study illustrating the applicability of the proposed methodology.

Language: English

Type (Professor's evaluation): Scientific

No. of pages: 8