Connectors for bridging mismatches between the components of asoftware engineering environment
Herrmann, S.
Mezini, M.
Tech. Univ. Berlin;
This paper appears in: Software, IEE Proceedings -
Publication Date: Jun 2001
Volume: 148,
Issue: 3
On page(s): 104-111
ISSN: 1462-5970
References Cited: 21
CODEN: IPSEFU
INSPEC Accession Number: 7045146
Digital Object Identifier: 10.1049/ip-sen:20010535
Current Version Published: 2002-08-07
Abstract
Software engineering environments (SEEs) are complex systems, for
which configurability is an important requirement. Constructing SEEs out
of existing tools is evidently desirable. During such a composition,
mismatches between the data models of different tools will arise. The
brute-force technique of hacking data translators into the
implementation of individual tools has severe drawbacks regarding the
modularity, maintainability and extensibility of the composed system.
This paper proposes a novel technique for designing SEEs that uses
explicit language constructs for bridging the mismatches in the data
models, called dynamic view connectors. It shows how the separation of
tool functionality from the concerns of bridging data-model mismatches
improves the configurability and maintainability of an existing
SEE
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