Transformation of UML class diagram to internal java domain-specific language

Dmitry Buzdin; Oksana Nikiforova

doi:10.2478/v10312-012-0008-0

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Transformation of UML class diagram to internal java domain-specific language

Applied Computer Systems

Volume 13 (2012): Issue 1 (October 2012)

By: Dmitry Buzdin and Oksana Nikiforova

Open Access

|Nov 2012

Abstract

the article addresses the existing problems found in the area of Domain-Specific Languages (DSLs). Being a widely adopted programming technique, DSL grammar creation process still lacks desirable traceability and automation. The paper proposes a sequential model transformation process based on Model-Driven Architecture concepts as one of the potential solutions to stated problem. One of the main results of the research work is the implementation of prototype of the full-cycle model transformation chain starting from the UML domainmodel and ending with internal Java-based DSL grammar implementation.

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