On Lightweight Metamodel Extension to Support Modeling Tools Agility [chapter]

Hugo Bruneliere, Jokin Garcia, Philippe Desfray, Djamel Eddine Khelladi, Regina Hebig, Reda Bendraou, Jordi Cabot
2015 Lecture Notes in Computer Science  
Modeling in real industrial projects implies dealing with different models, metamodels and supporting tools. They continuously have to be adapted to changing requirements, involving (often costly) problems in terms of traceability, coherence or interoperability. To this intent, solutions ensuring a better adaptability and flexibility of modeling tools are needed. As metamodels are cornerstones in such tools, metamodel extension capabilities are fundamental. However, current modeling frameworks
more » ... re not flexible or dynamic enough. Thus, following the ongoing OMG MOF Extension Facility (MEF) RFP, this paper proposes a generic lightweight metamodel extension mechanism developed as part of the MoNoGe collaborative project. A base list of metamodel extension operators as well as a DSL for easily using them are introduced. Two different implementations of this extension mechanism (including a model-level support when (un)applying metamodel extensions) are also described, respectively based on Eclipse/EMF and the Modelio modeling environment.
doi:10.1007/978-3-319-21151-0_5 fatcat:ktdt2jtajfcr5ouei36dazjb7q