MTC Flow: a tool to design, develop and deploy model transformation chains

  • Authors:
  • Camilo Alvarez;Rubby Casallas

  • Affiliations:
  • Universidad de los Andes, Bogotá D.C., Colombia;Universidad de los Andes, Bogotá D.C., Colombia

  • Venue:
  • Proceedings of the workshop on ACadeMics Tooling with Eclipse
  • Year:
  • 2013

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Abstract

This paper presents a tool called MTC Flow, which allows model-driven developers to design, develop, test and deploy Model Transformation Chains (MTCs). The tool offers a graphical DSL for defining MTC workflow models independently of the technologies that support the transformations. Using basic concepts such as metamodels, models and transformations (M2M, M2T and T2M) the user defines, executes and tests his MTC easily in the same development environment. MTC Flow has an abstraction layer to implement technology support. It facilitates the interoperability of model transformation and validation using the existing technologies without changes. Additionally, once the MTC is finished, MTC Flow offers an option to deploy it in any environment that support JAVA technology. The tool supports modularity and alternative execution paths of the MTCs. It was built on top of the Eclipse Modeling Framework (EMF) and the Graphical Modeling Framework (GMF). The tool offers a development environment using the extending capabilities of the Eclipse platform. We illustrate how MTC Flow supports MTCs development process using an example.