Automatic Generation of Interoperability Connectors using Software Product Lines Engineering

Boubou Niang, Boubou Niang, Giacomo Kahn, Nawel Amokrane, Yacine Ouzrout, Hamza Sahli, Mustapha Derras, Jannik Laval

2022

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.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Niang B., Kahn G., Amokrane N., Ouzrout Y., Sahli H., Derras M. and Laval J. (2022). Automatic Generation of Interoperability Connectors using Software Product Lines Engineering. In Proceedings of the 17th International Conference on Software Technologies - Volume 1: ICSOFT, ISBN 978-989-758-588-3, pages 449-456. DOI: 10.5220/0011278000003266

in Bibtex Style

@conference{icsoft22,
author={Boubou Niang and Giacomo Kahn and Nawel Amokrane and Yacine Ouzrout and Hamza Sahli and Mustapha Derras and Jannik Laval},
title={Automatic Generation of Interoperability Connectors using Software Product Lines Engineering},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 17th International Conference on Software Technologies - Volume 1: ICSOFT,},
year={2022},
pages={449-456},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0011278000003266},
isbn={978-989-758-588-3},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF

JO - Proceedings of the 17th International Conference on Software Technologies - Volume 1: ICSOFT,
TI - Automatic Generation of Interoperability Connectors using Software Product Lines Engineering
SN - 978-989-758-588-3
AU - Niang B.
AU - Kahn G.
AU - Amokrane N.
AU - Ouzrout Y.
AU - Sahli H.
AU - Derras M.
AU - Laval J.
PY - 2022
SP - 449
EP - 456
DO - 10.5220/0011278000003266