UML PROFILE FOR SAVECCM - Research

Introduction
Additionally there is a need to join those two modelling languages and to allow
transformation of existing UML models to SaveCCM model and reverse.
1.2 The goals of this thesis
The first goal of the thesis is to provide mapping from UML to SaveCCM domain
by creating a UML profile for expressing the semantics of SaveCCM model and
thus to allow modelling of SaveCCM models using UML tools. The profile should
fulfil the following requirements:
• Define a standard approach for modelling of component – based realtime
systems using SaveCCM semantics.
• To define complete, accurate and unambiguous representations of
SaveCCM architectural elements and their semantics for modelling
purposes.
• Support all practical requirements commonly encountered in the design
of systems from SaveCCM application domain.
• Define well-formedness rules, expressed as Constraints written in the
Object Constraint Language (OCL) for validation purposes.
The second goal of the thesis if to design a transformations form existing UML
models to SaveCCM models and reverse. A prototype of the tool performing those
transformations should be developed.
It is important to emphasize that this thesis is a continuation and an upgrade of
the SaveUML project [SP web]. The work done during this project was taken as
the basis for accomplishing the goals mentioned above.
1.3 Outline of the text
The first part of this document elaborates a theoretical background of the
problem. Section 2 describes the component – based approach in software
engineering. Section 3 explains the term of "component model" and gives an
overview of existing industrial component – based technologies. The UML is
described in section 4, with a brief analysis of UML 2.0 component model. A
research component model – SaveCCM is analysed in section 5.
The second part of the document provides a solution for achieving the thesis
goals. Section 6 specifies the SaveUML profile, a UML profile which maps the
UML component model to SaveCCM. model. SaveUML transformations are
described in section 7 together with a transformation tool prototype.
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