Responding to Balcer... ... Nothing much seems to be happening. ************* There is nothing wrong with me that could not be cured by a capful of Drano. H....
I've heard a couple of people mention a "metamodel code-generation" mechanism in the KC tool, in the context of the OMG's MDA (Model Driven Architecture). Does...
Grazebrook, Alvery
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Oct 8, 2002 6:57 pm
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Responding to Victor... ... Not that I know about. Translation grew up in R-T/E where performance and size are often critical, so producing C code is probably...
The iUML tool supports executable UML. It does code generation (in C, I think). There is a downloadable version from the Kennedy Carter site (www.kc.com) which...
Responding to Grazebrook... ... In MDA the Platform Independent Model (PIM) is equivalent to an OOA model. To be compliant with MDA all the vendor needs to...
If I interpret H.S.'s comments correctly, this seems to be saying that MDA does not recognise (explicitly) the difference between Elaborative and Translational...
Very interesting answer. I must admit I thought the MDA approach allowed for the idea of a virtual PSM, and my question was really directed at the iUML tool in...
Grazebrook, Alvery
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Oct 10, 2002 10:17 pm
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The undersatnding I have from the talk by Allan Kennedy that I attended is as follows: The iUML code generator has capabilities to: - support structural...
Hi Ashley - Let me identify myself as a "vendor" of translation services and products so you recognize the slant I take on things. Pathfinder Solutions is...
As an agnostic with respect to translation vs elaboration debate, I can see some interesting points of view in Peter's answer. Particularly: - the original MDA...
Grazebrook, Alvery
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Oct 11, 2002 5:56 pm
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Peter -- Thanks for your reply to my questions. My views on the question of synchronisation of model and code are below, and I think mirror what you say in the...
Responding to Grazebrook... ... If so, then that would be compliant I would think. I haven't had any contact with K-C since I retired, so I don't know what...
Responding to McNeile... ... I am not sure translation is on their radar screens. One has to remember be that OMG's last Big Deal was CORBA. As a result OMG...
Alvery - I am curious about the notion of a "virtual PSM". Does this mean a model that is temporary (i.e., used as an intermediate product in a translation...
Alvery -- I concur with your central point -- the need to address the link between the analysis model and the implementation model. But my view on some of the...
... created) are structurally different from (i.e., not 1-1 with) "analysis elements", then keeping an analysis model and code synchronised at acceptable cost...
... Yes it was -- slip of the brain. Ashley. ... From: H. S. Lahman To: executableuml@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, October 11, 2002 7:17 PM Subject: Re:...
Unfortunately I don't have a reference. I was following up a verbal converation I had with someone in the hope that some members in the group might help me...
Grazebrook, Alvery
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Responding to McNeile... ... Because UML supports OOD artifacts like navigation and composition does not mean that it is focused on OOD. If you look at the...
(This is a corrected version of my previous message -- please post in its place) Replying to H.S. You are right about the strict binding of messages and...
... message is ... 3GL ... context ... Are you saying that OT demands all messages be broadcast? ... Are we talking about problem space context independence or...
Responding to McNeile... ... Actually the practice of treating events as announcements of preconditions being satisfied originated in R-T/E long before OT...
Responding to Riemenschneider... ... Depends on what you mean by broadcast, but I think the answer is No for the variations I've thought of. I am saying that...
Responding to H.S. .. ... Excellent! ... This is what I getting at with my "downstream flavour" comment. OT grew up in the OOD/P world, and there is no reason...
Responding to McNeile... ... I think we have different acronyms for OT. I use it as Object Technology (i.e., the noun phrase complimenting Object Oriented)....
Replying to H.S. ... ... Perhaps my view can be better expressed as follows: The best vehicle for analysis modelling is "EOA" (Event/Object Analysis) in which...
Responding to McNeile... ... How does the GUI know which object to address when it passes the event? ... What happens if the target object cannot accept the...