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UML-F: A Modeling Language for Object-Oriented Frameworks

Software Engineering 2014-09-25 v1

Abstract

The paper presents the essential features of a new member of the UML language family that supports working with object-oriented frameworks. This UML extension, called UML-F, allows the explicit representation of framework variation points. The paper discusses some of the relevant aspects of UML-F, which is based on standard UML extension mechanisms. A case study shows how it can be used to assist framework development. A discussion of additional tools for automating framework implementation and instantiation rounds out the paper.

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@article{arxiv.1409.6915,
  title  = {UML-F: A Modeling Language for Object-Oriented Frameworks},
  author = {Marcus Fontoura and Wolfgang Pree and Bernhard Rumpe},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1409.6915},
  year   = {2014}
}

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22 pages, 10 figures

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