Reflecting on Higher Order Transformations: Challenges and Opportunities

Olaf Muliawan, Dirk Janssens

2009

Abstract

The area of Model Driven Engineering focuses on the transformation of models into source code. However, large projects require complex transformation patterns which are difficult to implement and maintain. New language features could represent often used transformation patterns. However, extending a transformation language is not the preferred solution to keep the language concise. Therefore we introduce the notion of Higher Order Transformations that manipulate these new language features and transform them back in the original language. In this paper we will explain the challenges of using Higher Order Transformations and the opportunities these techniques provide.

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Muliawan O. and Janssens D. (2009). Reflecting on Higher Order Transformations: Challenges and Opportunities . In Proceedings of the 1st International Workshop on Future Trends of Model-Driven Development - Volume 1: FTMDD, (ICEIS 2009) ISBN 978-989-8111-95-1, pages 52-55. DOI: 10.5220/0002203000520055


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@conference{ftmdd09,
author={Olaf Muliawan and Dirk Janssens},
title={Reflecting on Higher Order Transformations: Challenges and Opportunities},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 1st International Workshop on Future Trends of Model-Driven Development - Volume 1: FTMDD, (ICEIS 2009)},
year={2009},
pages={52-55},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0002203000520055},
isbn={978-989-8111-95-1},
}


in EndNote Style

TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the 1st International Workshop on Future Trends of Model-Driven Development - Volume 1: FTMDD, (ICEIS 2009)
TI - Reflecting on Higher Order Transformations: Challenges and Opportunities
SN - 978-989-8111-95-1
AU - Muliawan O.
AU - Janssens D.
PY - 2009
SP - 52
EP - 55
DO - 10.5220/0002203000520055