A GENERATIVE APPROACH TO IMPROVE THE ABSTRACTION LEVEL TO BUILD APPLICATIONS BASED ON THE NOTIFICATION OF CHANGES IN DATABASES

J. R. Coz, R. Heradio Gil, J. A. Cerrada Somolinos, J. C. López Ruiz

2008

Abstract

This paper highlights the benefits, in terms of quality, productivity and time-to-market, of applying a generative approach to increase the abstraction level to build applications based on the notification of changes in databases. Most of the databases maintain meta-tables with information about all stored tables; this information is used in an automatic process to define the software product line (SPL) variability. The remaining variability can be specified by means of domain specific languages. Code generators can automatically query the meta-tables, analyze the input specifications and configure the current product. The paper also introduces the Exemplar Driven Development process to incrementally develop code generators and the Exemplar Flexibilization Language that supports the process implementation.

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R. Coz J., Heradio Gil R., A. Cerrada Somolinos J. and C. López Ruiz J. (2008). A GENERATIVE APPROACH TO IMPROVE THE ABSTRACTION LEVEL TO BUILD APPLICATIONS BASED ON THE NOTIFICATION OF CHANGES IN DATABASES . In Proceedings of the Tenth International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems - Volume 1: ICEIS, ISBN 978-989-8111-36-4, pages 421-424. DOI: 10.5220/0001679904210424


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@conference{iceis08,
author={J. R. Coz and R. Heradio Gil and J. A. Cerrada Somolinos and J. C. López Ruiz},
title={A GENERATIVE APPROACH TO IMPROVE THE ABSTRACTION LEVEL TO BUILD APPLICATIONS BASED ON THE NOTIFICATION OF CHANGES IN DATABASES},
booktitle={Proceedings of the Tenth International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems - Volume 1: ICEIS,},
year={2008},
pages={421-424},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0001679904210424},
isbn={978-989-8111-36-4},
}


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TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the Tenth International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems - Volume 1: ICEIS,
TI - A GENERATIVE APPROACH TO IMPROVE THE ABSTRACTION LEVEL TO BUILD APPLICATIONS BASED ON THE NOTIFICATION OF CHANGES IN DATABASES
SN - 978-989-8111-36-4
AU - R. Coz J.
AU - Heradio Gil R.
AU - A. Cerrada Somolinos J.
AU - C. López Ruiz J.
PY - 2008
SP - 421
EP - 424
DO - 10.5220/0001679904210424