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Construction and Evolution of Code Generators

A Model-Driven and Service-Oriented Approach

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Authors:
  1. Sven Jörges

    1. Department of Computer Science, Technische Universität Dortmund, Dortmund, Germany

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  • Presents a novel, general, approach for graphical development of platform-independent and domain-specific code generators
  • Works for arbitrary source and target languages, on the basis of models and services
  • The Genesys approach includes a full-fledged reference implementation, field-tested in many case studies Includes a chapter with a state-of-the-art in code generation

Part of the book series: Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS, volume 7747)

Part of the book sub series: Programming and Software Engineering (LNPSE)

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Table of contents (10 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

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  2. Motivation and Fundamentals

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Introduction

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      Pages 3-9

    3. The State of the Art in Code Generation

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      Pages 11-38

    4. Extreme Model-Driven Development and jABC

      • Sven Jörges
      Pages 39-71

  3. The Genesys Framework and Case Studies

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 73-73
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    2. The Genesys Framework

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      Pages 75-100

    3. Case Studies: Code Generators for jABC

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      Pages 101-153

    4. Verification & Validation of Code Generators

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      Pages 155-176

    5. Case Study: Domain-Specific Code Generators for EMF

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      Pages 177-191

    6. Case Study: Service-Oriented Combination of Code Generation Frameworks

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      Pages 193-203

  4. Conclusions and Future Work

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 205-205
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    2. Conclusions

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      Pages 207-213

    3. Future Work

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      Pages 215-221

  5. Back Matter

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Automatic code generation is an essential cornerstone of model-driven approaches to software development. Currently, lots of techniques are available that support the specification and implementation of code generators, such as engines based on templates or rule-based transformations. All those techniques have in common that code generators are either directly programmed or described by means of textual specifications. This monograph presents Genesys, a general approach, which advocates the graphical development of code generators for arbitrary source and target languages, on the basis of models and services. In particular, it is designed to support incremental language development on arbitrary metalevels. The use of models allows building code generators in a truly platform-independent and domain-specific way. Furthermore, models are amenable to formal verification methods such as model checking, which increase the reliability and robustness of the code generators. Services enable the reuse and integration of existing code generation frameworks and tools regardless of their complexity, and at the same time manifest as easy-to-use building blocks which facilitate agile development through quick interchangeability. Both, models and services, are reusable and thus form a growing repository for the fast creation and evolution of code generators.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Department of Computer Science, Technische Universität Dortmund, Dortmund, Germany

    Sven Jörges

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