@inproceedings{BuchmannSchwaegerl, author = {Buchmann, Thomas and Schw{\"a}gerl, Felix}, title = {Using Meta-code Generation to Realize Higher-order Model Transformations}, series = {Proceedings of the 8th International Joint Conference on Software Technologies, July 29-31, 2013, in Reykjav{\´i}k, Iceland, Vol. 1}, booktitle = {Proceedings of the 8th International Joint Conference on Software Technologies, July 29-31, 2013, in Reykjav{\´i}k, Iceland, Vol. 1}, publisher = {SciTePress - Science and and Technology Publications}, isbn = {978-989-8565-68-6}, doi = {https://doi.org/10.5220/0004522305360541}, pages = {536 -- 541}, abstract = {Model-driven engineering is a wide-spread paradigm in modern software engineering. During the last couple of years, many tools and languages have been developed, which are especially designed for model transformations — a discipline which is needed in many model-driven engineering approaches. While most of the existing model-to-model tools and languages are tailored towards batch transformations for specific model instances, they lack support for generic transformation problems, where the metamodel is unknown beforehand. In this paper we present a two-step meta-code generation approach that derives a metamodel-specific modelto- model transformation from a model-to-text transformation. The approach has been successfully applied to the problem of product derivation in model-driven software product lines.}, language = {en} } @inproceedings{SchwaegerlBuchmannWestfechtel, author = {Schw{\"a}gerl, Felix and Buchmann, Thomas and Westfechtel, Bernhard}, title = {Multi-variant model transformations - a problem statement}, series = {Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Evaluation of Novel Software Approaches to Software Engineering}, booktitle = {Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Evaluation of Novel Software Approaches to Software Engineering}, publisher = {SCITEPRESS}, isbn = {978-989-758-189-2}, issn = {2184-4895}, doi = {10.5220/0005878702030209}, pages = {203 -- 209}, abstract = {Model Transformations are a key element of Model-Driven Software Engineering. As soon as variability is involved, transformations become increasingly complicated. The lack of support for variability in model transformations impairs the acceptance of approaches to organized reuse such as software product lines. In this position paper, the general problem of multi-variant model transformations is formulated for MOF-based, XMI-serialized models. A simplistic case study is presented to specify the input and the expected output of such a transformation. Furthermore, requirements for tool support are defined, including a standardized representation of both multi-variant model instances and variability information, as well as an execution specification for multi-variant transformations. A literature review reveals that the problem is weakly identified and often solved using ad-hoc solutions; there exists no tool providing a general solution to the proposed problem statement. The observation s presented here may serve for the future development of standards and tools.}, language = {en} }