Verification of DSMLs using graph transformation: a case study with Alloy

Authors:
Zekai Demirezen;Marjan Mernik;Jeff Gray;Barrett Bryant
Affiliations:
University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL;University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL and University of Maribor, Maribor, Slovenia;University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL;University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL
Venue:
Proceedings of the 6th International Workshop on Model-Driven Engineering, Verification and Validation
Year:
2009

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Abstract

Domain-Specific Modeling Languages (DSMLs) enable domain experts to participate in software development tasks and to specify their own programs using domain abstractions. Many Model-Driven Engineering (MDE) platforms primarily concentrate on structural aspects of DSMLs and only provide techniques to define abstract and concrete syntax. Only a few platforms provide built-in support for specification of behavioral semantics and verification tasks. In this paper, we focus on how to specify the behavioral semantics of a DSML by a sequence of graph transformation rules. We also discuss how to transform a DSML specification into Alloy, a model checking tool. These transformations demonstrate that DSML models specified in a visual notation can be verified by means of existing model checking tools.