A Specification Model for Interface Suites

  • Authors:

  • Ella E. Roubtsova;L. C. M. van Gool;R. Kuiper;H. B. M. Jonkers

  • Affiliations:

  • Faculty of Mathematics and Computing Science, TU Eindhoven, Den Dolech 2, P.O. Box 513, 5600MB Eindhoven, The Netherlands;Faculty of Mathematics and Computing Science, TU Eindhoven, Den Dolech 2, P.O. Box 513, 5600MB Eindhoven, The Netherlands;Faculty of Mathematics and Computing Science, TU Eindhoven, Den Dolech 2, P.O. Box 513, 5600MB Eindhoven, The Netherlands;Philips Research Laboratories Eindhoven, Prof. Holstlaan 4, 5656AA Eindhoven, The Netherlands

  • Venue:
  • «UML» '01 Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on The Unified Modeling Language, Modeling Languages, Concepts, and Tools
  • Year:
  • 2001

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Abstract

The paper describes a model and tool support for a UMLbased specification approach, extending UML with templates for structured specifications deriving from the ISpec approach. The approach is component-oriented where the unit of description is an interface suite: a coherent collection of interfaces defining interactions that transcend component boundaries. To handle complexity, descriptions from various points of view are necessary, expressed by UML diagrams, templates, etc. The issue is to ensure that the views are consistent. For this, we provide a model to integrate the views. The model is sequence-based; the elements of the sequences are carefully designed tuples that reflect the interface suite approach. Abstractions from the model reflect the views. The model provides the underlying structure for tooling. We developed extensions to Rational Rose by customizing specifications, automating diagram generation and enabling some consistency checks.