Sanchez, Beatriz, Kolovos, Dimitris orcid.org/0000-0002-1724-6563 and Paige, Richard orcid.org/0000-0002-1978-9852 (2020) To build, or not to build:ModelFlow, a build solution for MDE projects. In: Proceedings - 23rd ACM/IEEE International Conference on Model Driven Engineering Languages and Systems, MODELS 2020. 23rd ACM/IEEE International Conference on Model Driven Engineering Languages and Systems, MODELS 2020, 18-23 Oct 2020 Proceedings - 23rd ACM/IEEE International Conference on Model Driven Engineering Languages and Systems, MODELS 2020 . ACM , CAN , pp. 1-11.
Abstract
Conservative execution, end-to-end traceability, and context-aware resource handling are desirable features in model management build processes. Yet, none of the existing MDE-dedicated build tools (e.g. MTC-Flow, MWE2) support such features. An initial investigation of general-purpose build tools (e.g. ANT, Gradle) to assess whether we could build a workflow engine with support for these desirable features on top of it revealed limitations that could act as roadblocks for our work. As such, we decided to design and implement a new MDE-focused build tool (ModelFlow) from scratch to avoid being constrained by assumptions and technical constraints of these tools. We evaluated whether this decision was sensible by attempting to replicate its behaviour with Gradle in a typical model-driven engineering scenario. The evaluation highlighted scenarios where Gradle could not be extended to achieve the desirable behaviour which validates the decision to not base ModelFlow on top of it.
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Keywords: | build tool,end-to-end traceability,model driven engineering,model management,workflow |
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Institution: | The University of York |
Academic Units: | The University of York > Faculty of Sciences (York) > Computer Science (York) |
Depositing User: | Pure (York) |
Date Deposited: | 25 Apr 2024 07:40 |
Last Modified: | 07 Feb 2025 00:08 |
Published Version: | https://doi.org/10.1145/3365438.3410942 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | ACM |
Series Name: | Proceedings - 23rd ACM/IEEE International Conference on Model Driven Engineering Languages and Systems, MODELS 2020 |
Identification Number: | 10.1145/3365438.3410942 |
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Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:211859 |
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