词条 | Model transformation |
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A model transformation, in model-driven engineering, is an automated way of modifying and creating models. An example use of model transformation is ensuring that a family of models is consistent, in a precise sense which the software engineer can define. The aim of using a model transformation is to save effort and reduce errors by automating the building and modification of models where possible. OverviewModel transformations can be thought of as programs that take models as input. There is a wide variety of kinds of model transformation and uses of them, which differ in their inputs and outputs and also in the way they are expressed. A model transformation usually specifies which models are acceptable as input, and if appropriate what models it may produce as output, by specifying the metamodel to which a model must conform. Classification of model transformationsModel transformations and languages for them have been classified in many ways.[2][3] Some of the more common distinctions drawn are: Number and type of inputs and outputsIn principle a model transformation may have many inputs and outputs of various types; the only absolute limitation is that a model transformation will take at least one model as input. However, a model transformation that did not produce any model as output would more commonly be called a model analysis or model query. Endogenous versus exogenousEndogenous transformations are transformations between models expressed in the same language. Exogenous transformations are transformations between models expressed using different languages.[1] For example, in a process conforming to the OMG Model Driven Architecture, a platform-independent model might be transformed into a platform-specific model by an exogenous model transformation. Unidirectional versus bidirectionalA unidirectional model transformation has only one mode of execution: that is, it always takes the same type of input and produces the same type of output. Unidirectional model transformations are useful in compilation-like situations, where any output model is read-only. The relevant notion of consistency is then very simple: the input model is consistent with the model that the transformation would produce as output, only. For a bidirectional model transformation, the same type of model can sometimes be input and other times be output. Bidirectional transformations are necessary in situations where people are working on more than one model and the models must be kept consistent. Then a change to either model might necessitate a change to the other, in order to maintain consistency between the models. Because each model can incorporate information which is not reflected in the other, there may be many models which are consistent with a given model. Important special cases are:
It is particularly important that a bidirectional model transformation has appropriate properties to make it behave sensibly: for example, not making changes unnecessarily, or discarding deliberately made changes.[5] Languages for model transformations{{Main|Model transformation language}}A model transformation may be written in a general purpose programming language, but specialised model transformation languages are also available. Bidirectional transformations, in particular, are best written in a language that ensures the directions are appropriately related. The OMG-standardised model transformation languages are collectively known as QVT. In some model transformation languages, for example the QVT languages, a model transformation is itself a model, that is, it conforms to a metamodel which is part of the model transformation language's definition. This facilitates the definition of Higher Order Transformations (HOTs),[6] i.e. transformations which have other transformations as input and/or output. See also
References1. ^Tom Mens, Pieter Van Gorp: A Taxonomy of Model Transformation. Electr. Notes Theor. Comput. Sci. 152: 125-142 (2006) [2][3][4][5]2. ^1 {{Cite book | doi=10.1007/978-3-540-88643-3_10 | last=Stevens | first=Perdita | title=A landscape of bidirectional model transformations | journal=Generative and Transformational Techniques in Software Engineering II | volume=5235 | pages=408–424 | publisher=Springer | year=2008| series=Lecture Notes in Computer Science | isbn=978-3-540-88642-6 }} 3. ^1 {{Cite journal | doi=10.1007/s10270-008-0109-9 | last=Stevens | first=Perdita | title=Bidirectional model transformations in QVT: semantic issues and open questions | year=2010 | journal=Software and Systems Modeling| volume=9 | pages=7–20 }} 4. ^1 {{Cite book | doi=10.1007/978-3-642-02674-4_3 | last=Tisi | first=Massimo | title=On the Use of Higher-Order Model Transformations | publisher=Springer | year=2009 | series=LNCS | volume=5562 | pages=18–33 | journal=Ecmda-Fa '09| isbn=978-3-642-02673-7 }} 5. ^1 {{Cite journal | doi=10.1016/j.scico.2013.10.009 | last1=Jakumeit | last2=Buchwald | last3=Wagelaar | last4=Dan | last5=Hegedüs | last6=Herrmannsdörfer | last7=Horn | last8=Kalnina | last9=Lano | last10=Lepper | last11=Rensink | last12=Rose | last13=Wätzoldt | last14=Mazanek | title=A survey and comparison of transformation tools based on the transformation tool contest | year=2014 | journal=Science of Computer Programming| volume=85 | pages=41–99 }} }} Further reading
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