| Autor: |
Lourenço, Hugo, Seco, João Costa, Ferreira, Carla, Simões, Tiago, Silva, Vasco, Assunção, Filipe, Menezes, André |
| Rok vydání: |
2023 |
| Předmět: |
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| Druh dokumentu: |
Working Paper |
| Popis: |
In model-driven engineering, the bidirectional transformation of models plays a crucial role in facilitating the use of editors that operate at different levels of abstraction. This is particularly important in the context of industrial-grade low-code platforms like OutSystems, which feature a comprehensive ecosystem of tools that complement the standard integrated development environment with domain-specific builders and abstract model viewers. We introduce CHAMELEON, a tool that enables the dynamic definition of a live bidirectional model transformation in a declarative manner by leveraging simple and intuitive component patterns. Through this approach, we can gradually define the view and synthesis paths to an abstract model built on top of a low-code metamodel. We devise a standard parser-generating technique for tree-like models that builds upon extended grammar definitions with constraints and name binders. We allow for a greater overlap of model patterns that can still be disambiguated for a clear lens-like behaviour of the transformation. CHAMELEON is evaluated in the fragment of the OutSystems language targeting the definition of user interfaces. To assess performance we used a large set of real OutSystems applications, with approximately 200K UI widgets, and a database of curated widget patterns. We found a worst-case processing time of 92ms for complete models in our benchmark, which is still suitable for the operation of an interactive model editor. |
| Databáze: |
arXiv |
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