Integration of smells and refactorings within the Eclipse modeling framework

  • Authors:
  • Thorsten Arendt;Gabriele Taentzer

  • Affiliations:
  • Philipps-Universität Marburg, Marburg, Germany;Philipps-Universität Marburg, Marburg, Germany

  • Venue:
  • Proceedings of the Fifth Workshop on Refactoring Tools
  • Year:
  • 2012

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Abstract

Models are primary artifacts in model-based, and especially, in model-driven software development processes. Therefore, software quality and quality assurance frequently leads back to the quality and quality assurance of the involved models. In our approach, we propose a model quality assurance process that is based on static model analysis and uses techniques like model metrics and model smells. Based on the outcome of the model analysis, appropriate model refactoring steps are performed. Appropriate tools support the included techniques, i.e. metrics, smells, and refactorings, for models that are based on the Eclipse Modeling Framework (EMF). In this paper, we present the integration of the two model quality tools EMF Smell and EMF Refactor. This integration provides modelers with a quick and easy way to erase model smells by automatically suggesting appropriate model refactorings, and to get warnings in cases where new model smells come in by applying a certain refactoring.