TY - GEN
T1 - Feature-based composition of software architectures
AU - Parra, Carlos
AU - Cleve, Anthony
AU - Blanc, Xavier
AU - Duchien, Laurence
PY - 2010
Y1 - 2010
N2 - In Software Product Lines variability refers to the definition and utilization of differences between several products. Feature Diagrams (FD) are a well-known approach to express variability, and can be used to automate the derivation process. Nevertheless, this may be highly complex due to possible interactions between selected features and the artifacts realizing them. Deriving concrete products typically involves the composition of such inter-dependent software artifacts. This paper presents a feature-based composition approach to automatically derive a product architecture from a given feature configuration. The proposed approach relies on the combination of Model-Driven Engineering (MDE) and Aspect-Oriented Modeling (AOM) techniques. We introduce a metamodel to reify each feature as a high-level aspect model. Product derivation is achieved by weaving the set of aspect models corresponding to a particular feature configuration. The weaving strategy is derived from an in-depth cross-analysis of both the feature interactions and the aspect model dependencies.
AB - In Software Product Lines variability refers to the definition and utilization of differences between several products. Feature Diagrams (FD) are a well-known approach to express variability, and can be used to automate the derivation process. Nevertheless, this may be highly complex due to possible interactions between selected features and the artifacts realizing them. Deriving concrete products typically involves the composition of such inter-dependent software artifacts. This paper presents a feature-based composition approach to automatically derive a product architecture from a given feature configuration. The proposed approach relies on the combination of Model-Driven Engineering (MDE) and Aspect-Oriented Modeling (AOM) techniques. We introduce a metamodel to reify each feature as a high-level aspect model. Product derivation is achieved by weaving the set of aspect models corresponding to a particular feature configuration. The weaving strategy is derived from an in-depth cross-analysis of both the feature interactions and the aspect model dependencies.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=78049341656&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1007/978-3-642-15114-9_18
DO - 10.1007/978-3-642-15114-9_18
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:78049341656
SN - 3642151132
SN - 9783642151132
T3 - Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
SP - 230
EP - 245
BT - Software Architecture - 4th European Conference, ECSA 2010, Proceedings
T2 - 4th European Conference on Software Architecture, ECSA 2010
Y2 - 23 August 2010 through 26 August 2010
ER -