Model-Driven Architecture in Practice

"The history of programming language design is a study in ever-increasing levels of abstraction. We progressed from hard-wired computers, to stored-program machines, to assembly languages, higher-level languages, CASE tools, object-oriented systems, and domain-specific languages. Model execution is another logical step that raises the level of abstraction in our system development environments. The hardest problems in software development are in the /modeling/, not the implementation, of systems. But until recently, it has been difficult to turn models into executing systems. OO-Method and the OlivaNOVA Model Execution system put first things first, letting professionals focus their energy on the more important and creative aspects of system development. This book documents an important and exciting advance in software development an advance that has real potential to make a strong impact." - Prof. Steve Liddle, BYU, Utah, USA "This book describes a method that will allow software engineers to focus on the problem that really matters, namely understanding the requirements of information systems and their applications. The method is supported by a tool that generates production-quality code from a conceptual model. The book does an excellent job of explaining the underlying philosophy and practical applications of OO-Method." - Prof. Roel Wieringa, University of Twente, The Netherlands "Whether you are an executive leading the software development life cycle in your organization, a manager leading a development team, or a software engineer developing software, this book will help you to effectively and efficiently incorporate a complete model-driven approach of software development into your software practices. Complete because all major aspects of software development are covered, even user interface which is not covered by UML. For me, this book is a must!" - Prof. Jean Vanderdonckt , Universitcatholique de Louvain (UCL), Belgium "The software production method described in this book OO-Method is not at all yet another "bubble and arrows" methodology. OO-Method is a complete integration between object-oriented methodology and tools, supporting the full cycle of clientserver information system applications development, covering from analysis and design to smart target code generation. So, under the OO-Method analysts have all the power of skilled programmers, programmers have the power of the analysts, and both in a sense become "developers"." - Prof. Miguel Katrib, Universidad de La Habana, Cuba "This book offers both a rigorous academic treatment of conceptual modeling as a precursor to full code generation and a practitioners insights into realizing this dream. () See what can be done by a real collaboration between academia and industry." from the Foreword by Prof. Brian Henderson-Sellers, University of Technology, Sydney, Australia "Our evaluation of the [OlivaNova] tool by building a prototype application resulted in greatly positive conclusions, the most significant goals achieved being: great development speed reducing development time by approximately 70%, reduction of the effort spent during the construction phase and mitigation of error introduction risks. Presenting the user with the full prototype application in a record time greatly diminishes possible customizations and the impact of changes is kept to a minimum. Maintenance is easy. The product generates readable, homogeneous source code for a reasonable development cost." - Fernando Medel Gutirrez, Development Services Manager, Repsol-YPF, Madrid, Spain "As a software development company, we exclusively entrust the OlivaNova "The Programming Machine" with all our database based applications. The advantages thus realized are a prerequisite for enabling project commissioning. For instance, we were able torapidly implement and m

Oscar Pastor is Professor for object-oriented development methods at the Valencia University of Technology, Spain. He has taught software engineering for more than 10 years, his research during that time focusing on object-oriented conceptual modeling, requirements engineering, Web development, and model-based software production. He has headed prestigious scientific events like the World-Wide Web Conference in 2007 (Web Engineering Track) and the International Conference on Conceptual Modeling in 2005. In addition, he is the brain behind the OlivaNova Model Execution, an advanced MDA-based set of tools that produces a final software product starting from a conceptual schema where the system requirements are captured. Juan Carlos Molina is Research and Development Manager for CARE Technologies S.A., the company that develops the OlivaNova Model Execution set of tools which fully support the MDA-based, conceptual model-centric software development approach described in this book.

The OO-Method and Software Production from Models.- Lets Get Philosophical.- The Purpose of this Work.- The Need for New Development Environments.- Object-Oriented Modelling as the Starting Point.- The OO-Method.- Conceptual Modelling: About the Problem Space.- Conceptual Modelling Primitives.- Object Model.- Dynamic Model.- Functional Model.- Presentation Model.- Conceptual Modelling of Legacy Systems.- Conceptual Model Validation.- Conceptual Model Compilation: From the Problem Space to the Solution Space.- Transforming Models into Applications.- Requirements for the Compilation of Conceptual Models.- Application Execution Strategy.- Application Architecture.- Transformation Strategy.- Building a Conceptual Model Compiler.- Issues with Other Approaches.- Analogies Between OO-Method and MDA.- The OO-Method Development Process.- OO-Method Implementations.- Conclusions.- Conclusions.