MontiCore: A Framework for the Development of Textual Domain Specific Languages
Abstract
In this paper we demonstrate a framework for efficient development of textual domain specific languages and supporting tools. We use a redundance-free and compact definition of a readable concrete syntax and a comprehensible abstract syntax as both representations significantly overlap in their structure. To further improve the usability of the abstract syntax this definition format integrates additional concepts like associations and inheritance into the well-understood grammar-based approach. Modularity concepts like language inheritance and embedding are used to simplify the development of languages based on already existing ones. In addition, the generation of editors and a template approach for code generation is explained.
Cite
@article{arxiv.1409.6631,
title = {MontiCore: A Framework for the Development of Textual Domain Specific Languages},
author = {Hans Grönninger and Holger Krahn and Bernhard Rumpe and Martin Schindler and Steven Völkel},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1409.6631},
year = {2014}
}
Comments
2 pages, 1 figures, 30th International Conference on Software Engineering (ICSE). Companion Volume. (2008)