Object-Oriented Metamethods

B. Henderson-Sellers, A. Bulthuis (Autoren)

Buch | Hardcover

158 Seiten

1997
Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
978-0-387-98257-1 (ISBN)

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Object technology is maturing rapidly. One sign of that is the formality of the discussions that occur all around the world: at conferences, in newsgroups, in industry developer groups and in academe. One face of formality is metamodelling: seeking the model of the model that gives the rules by which the model itself is constructed. In OT terms, it means seeking the underpinning rules in a methodology in which, for instance, it is suggested we depict an aggregate structure using one particular notation. The questions that need answering are the semantics of that relation ship and the constraints; i. e. , when and how it is allowable and what values/constructs are not admissible. In the past, these rules and constraints have been merely written down in textbooks and methodology manuals. Unfortunately, despite the plethora of au thoring and word processing programs available, this leads to in consistencies when cross-checks are not assiduously undertaken. There are few explict signs of metamodels in the published OOAD texts. In this book, we describe how we found those metamodels implicitly written into the methods. We formalized each of these in exactly the same way, using the same metalevel concepts and metarelationships. This book describes the fruits of those metamodelling labours, which we undertook as objectively as possible in 1995. In 1996 we then worked with the individual methodologists to ensure that we had not misinterpreted any par ticular metamodels.

I Background to the Project.- 1 The Methodology “Explosion”.- 2 What Does Industry Require?.- 3 Standardized Methodologies?.- II Project Description and Results.- 4 Description of the COMMA Project.- 5 The Derived Metamodels.- III The COMMA core metamodels.- 6 An Embryonic Core.- 7 Conclusions and Recommendations.- References.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	19.12.1997
Zusatzinfo	X, 158 p.
Verlagsort	New York, NY
Sprache	englisch
Maße	155 x 235 mm
Themenwelt	Mathematik / Informatik ► Informatik ► Betriebssysteme / Server
Themenwelt	Informatik ► Software Entwicklung ► Objektorientierung
ISBN-10	0-387-98257-4 / 0387982574
ISBN-13	978-0-387-98257-1 / 9780387982571
Zustand	Neuware