System and method for integrating object-oriented model profiles and object-oriented programming languages

• US 8,402,430 B2
• Filed: 09/20/2010
• Issued: 03/19/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 04/22/2003
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: CA, Inc. (d/b/a CA Technologies) (Broadcom, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: CA, Inc. (d/b/a CA Technologies) (Broadcom, Inc.)
• Inventors: Wilson, Kirk D., Condit, Christopher X., Tan, It-Beng
• Primary Examiner(s): TECKLU, ISAAC TUKU
• Application Number:
  US12/886,125
• Publication Number:
  US 20110010686A1
• Time in Patent Office: 911 Days
• Field of Search: None
• US Class Current: 717/108
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/24 Object-oriented

Abstract

A method includes receiving a modeling template, the modeling template comprising a plurality of modeling constructs and profile constructs, each profile construct generated from a modeling profile and comprising an extension of one of the modeling constructs. The method further includes parsing the modeling template into the plurality of modeling constructs and profile constructs. One or more object-oriented constructs are defined based, at least in part, on the parsed modeling constructs and profile constructs. Source code is automatically generated in an object-oriented programming language based, at least in part, on the defined object-oriented constructs. The object-oriented programming language comprises an object-oriented programming language with embedded inferencing.

Claims

1. A method for automatically generating object-oriented source code in an object-oriented programming language with embedded inferencing, the object-oriented programming language with embedded inferencing having semantic features that support inferencing over rules without an instantiated inference engine, wherein the method comprises:

identifying a profile construct implemented in a modeling template, wherein the profile construct includes a semantic extension to a modeling language that provides the modeling language with functionality associated with the semantic features that support inferencing over rules in the object-oriented programming language with embedded inferencing;

mapping the profile construct implemented in the modeling template to an object-oriented construct in the object-oriented programming language with embedded inferencing, wherein a computer system uses a metamodel associated with the modeling language, a metamodel associated with the object-oriented programming language with embedded inferencing, and a mapping algorithm associated with the profile construct to map the profile construct to the object-oriented construct; and

generating an object-oriented source code module in the object-oriented programming language with embedded inferencing from the object-oriented construct mapped to the profile construct, wherein the object-oriented source code module includes the functionality associated with the semantic features that support inferencing over rules in the object-oriented programming language with embedded inferencing.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the semantic extension that provides the modeling language with the functionality associated with the semantic features that support inferencing over rules includes an association that defines semantic relationships between architectural elements in the modeling language.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the profile construct implemented in the modeling template defines the association, the object-oriented construct mapped to the profile construct defines the association, and the object-oriented source code module having the functionality associated with the semantic features that support inferencing over rules is generated from the object-oriented construct mapped to the profile construct defining the association.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the semantic extension that provide the modeling language with the functionality associated with the semantic features that support inferencing over rules further includes a domain interface member that defines an action to execute in response to an architectural element in the modeling language satisfying a condition.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the profile construct implemented in the modeling template defines the domain interface member, the object-oriented construct mapped to the profile construct defines the domain interface member, and the object-oriented source code module having the functionality associated with the semantic features that support inferencing over rules is generated from the object-oriented construct mapped to the profile construct defining the domain interface member.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising executing the object-oriented source code module generated from the object-oriented construct on the computer system, wherein the object-oriented source code module executed on the computer system inherently supports inferencing over rules via the object-oriented source code module having the functionality associated with the semantic features that support inferencing over rules.

7. A system for automatically generating object-oriented source code in an object-oriented programming language with embedded inferencing, the object-oriented programming language with embedded inferencing having semantic features that support inferencing over rules without an instantiated inference engine, wherein the system comprises a computer system configured to:

identify a profile construct implemented in a modeling template, wherein the profile construct includes a mantic extension to a modeling language that provides the modeling language with functionality associated with the semantic features that support inferencing over rules in the object-oriented programming language with embedded inferencing;

map the profile construct implemented in the modeling template to an object-oriented construct in the object-oriented programming language with embedded inferencing, wherein the computer system uses a metamodel associated with the modeling language, a metamodel associated with the object-oriented programming language with embedded inferencing, and a mapping algorithm associated with the profile construct to map the profile construct to the object-oriented construct; and

generate an object-oriented source code module in the object-oriented programming language with embedded inferencing from the object-oriented construct mapped to the profile construct, wherein the object-oriented source code module includes the functionality associated with the semantic features that support inferencing over rules in the object-oriented programming language with embedded inferencing.

8. The system of claim 7, wherein the semantic extension that provides the modeling language with the functionality associated with the semantic features that support inferencing over rules includes an association that defines semantic relationships between architectural elements in the modeling language.

9. The system of claim 8, wherein the profile construct implemented in the modeling template defines the association, the object-oriented construct mapped to the profile construct defines the association, and the object-oriented source code module having the functionality associated with the semantic features that support inferencing over rules is generated from the object-oriented construct mapped to the profile construct defining the association.

10. The system of claim 7, wherein the semantic extension that provides the modeling language with the functionality associated with the semantic features that support inferencing over rules further includes a domain interface member that defines an action to execute in response to an architectural element in the modeling language satisfying a condition.

11. The system of claim 10, wherein the profile construct implemented in the modeling template defines the domain interface member, the object-oriented construct mapped to the profile construct defines the domain interface member, and the object-oriented source code module having the functionality associated with the semantic features that support inferencing over rules is generated from the object-oriented construct mapped to the profile construct defining the domain interface member.

12. The system of claim 7, wherein the computer system is further configured to execute the object-oriented source code module generated from the object-oriented construct, wherein the object-oriented source code module executed on the computer system inherently supports inferencing over rules via the object-oriented source code module having the functionality associated with the semantic features that support inferencing over rules.

13. A non-transitory computer readable medium that stores a modeling profile defining a semantic extension to a modeling language, wherein the modeling profile stored on the computer readable medium comprises:

a plurality of tagged profile constructs that assign new properties to standard model elements associated with the modeling language, wherein the new properties that the plurality of tagged profile constructs assign to the standard model elements associated with the modeling language define a semantic extension to the modeling language;

a plurality of stereotyped profile constructs that add supplemental values or constraints to the standard model elements associated with the modeling language, wherein the supplemental values or constraints that the plurality of stereotyped profile constructs add to the standard model elements associated with the modeling language further define the semantic extension to the modeling language; and

a plurality of mapping algorithms that map the plurality of tagged profile constructs and the plurality of stereotyped profile constructs to an object-oriented constructs construct in an object-oriented programming language having semantic features that support inferencing over rules without an instantiated inference engine, wherein the semantic extension defined in the modeling profile provides the modeling language with the semantic features that support inferencing over rules in the object-oriented programming language.

14. The computer readable medium of claim 13, wherein the plurality of stereotyped profile constructs includes an association profile construct that defines a semantic relationship between the standard model elements associated with the modeling language.

15. The computer readable medium of claim 14, wherein the plurality of tagged profile constructs includes a source profile construct and a destination profile construct associated with the semantic relationship defined in the association profile construct.

16. The computer readable medium of claim 15, wherein the association profile construct, the source profile construct, and the destination profile construct define the semantic extension that provides the modeling language with the semantic features that support inferencing over rules.

17. The computer readable medium of claim 13, wherein the plurality of stereotyped profile constructs include a domain interface member profile construct that defines an action to execute in response to the standard model elements associated with the modeling language satisfying a condition, and wherein the plurality of tagged profile constructs include an action profile construct that defines the action and a condition profile construct that defines the condition.

18. The computer readable medium of claim 17, wherein the domain interface member profile construct, the action profile construct, and the destination profile construct define the semantic extension that provides the modeling language with the semantic features that support inferencing over rules.

19. The computer readable medium of claim 13, wherein the plurality of stereotyped profile constructs include a rule profile construct that defines an action to execute in response to the standard model elements associated with the modeling language satisfying a condition.

20. The computer readable medium of claim 19, wherein the rule profile construct defines a semantic extension that provides the modeling language with the semantic features that support inferencing over rules.