Authors:
Boubou Thiam Niang
1
;
2
;
Giacomo Kahn
2
;
Nawel Amokrane
1
;
Yacine Ouzrout
2
;
Hamza Sahli
1
;
Mustapha Derras
1
and
Jannik Laval
2
Affiliations:
1
Berger-Levrault, 1 Pl. Giovanni da Verrazzano, 69009 Lyon, France
;
2
Univ. Lyon, Univ. Lyon 2, INSA Lyon, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, DISP-UR4570, 69676 Bron, France
Keyword(s):
Code Generation, Information System, Interoperability, Model-driven Engineering, Software Product Line Engineering.
Abstract:
Information Systems (ISs) of modern companies must be reactive and capable to communicate with third-party IS. It is, therefore, necessary to establish agile interoperability between information systems. For this purpose, connectors are used to ensure interactions between IS components. However, components are independently designed and conform to different technical and domain standards that are continuously evolving. Given that the connectors are often developed manually and are not reusable in most cases, establishing and maintaining interoperability becomes a major challenge. In this paper we propose an approach to automatically generate connectors, using software product line engineering to reuse common features and better manage variability. A metamodel of the connector is proposed to show that they can be considered as first-class entities. An industrial case study followed by a discussion is proposed to demonstrate the feasibility of our approach.