Pattern-based Mapping of OCL Specifications to JML Contracts

Ali Hamie

2014

Abstract

OCL is a formal notation to specify constraints on UML models that cannot otherwise be expressed using diagrammatic notations such as class diagrams. The type of constraints that can be expressed using OCL include class invariants and operation preconditions and postconditions. However, since OCL constraints cannot be directly executed and checked at runtime by an implementation, constraints violations may not be detected or noticed causing many potential development and maintenance problems. This paper describes an approach for deriving a JML specification for a java implementation (a contract) from a specification written in UML and augmented with OCL constraints. This facilitates the checking of OCL constraints at runtime by translating them to JML executable assertions. The approach is based on the concept of constraint patterns that enable the reuse of commonly occurring constraints within a given context in software modelling. Each OCL constraint pattern would be mapped to a corresponding JML pattern that can be used in the translation process. The result is a library of JML constraint patterns that provides a seamless transition from UML/OCL designs to Java implementations.

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Hamie A. (2014). Pattern-based Mapping of OCL Specifications to JML Contracts . In Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Model-Driven Engineering and Software Development - Volume 1: MODELSWARD, ISBN 978-989-758-007-9, pages 193-200. DOI: 10.5220/0004698301930200


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@conference{modelsward14,
author={Ali Hamie},
title={Pattern-based Mapping of OCL Specifications to JML Contracts},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Model-Driven Engineering and Software Development - Volume 1: MODELSWARD,},
year={2014},
pages={193-200},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0004698301930200},
isbn={978-989-758-007-9},
}


in EndNote Style

TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Model-Driven Engineering and Software Development - Volume 1: MODELSWARD,
TI - Pattern-based Mapping of OCL Specifications to JML Contracts
SN - 978-989-758-007-9
AU - Hamie A.
PY - 2014
SP - 193
EP - 200
DO - 10.5220/0004698301930200