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Polymorphic Scenario-Based Specification Models: Semantics and Applications

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Model Driven Engineering Languages and Systems (MODELS 2009)

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Abstract

We present polymorphic scenarios, a generalization of a UML2-compliant variant of Damm and Harel’s live sequence charts (LSC) in the context of object-orientation. Polymorphic scenarios are visualized using (modal) sequence diagrams where lifelines may represent classes and interfaces rather than concrete objects. Their semantics takes advantage of inheritance and interface realization to allow the specification of most expressive, succinct, and reusable universal and existential inter-object scenarios for object-oriented system models. We motivate the use of polymorphic scenarios, formally define their trace-based semantics, and present their application for scenario-based testing and execution, as implemented in the S2A compiler developed in our group.

This research was supported by The John von Neumann Minerva Center for the Development of Reactive Systems at the Weizmann Institute of Science. In addition, part of this research has been funded by an Advanced Research Grant from the European Research Council (ERC) under the European Community’s 7th Framework Programme (FP7/2007-2013).

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  1. Department of Computer Science and Applied Mathematics, The Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel

    Shahar Maoz

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  1. Fachgebiet Echtzeitsysteme, Technische Universität Darmstadt, Merckstraße 25, 64283, Darmstadt,, Germany

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Maoz, S. (2009). Polymorphic Scenario-Based Specification Models: Semantics and Applications. In: Schürr, A., Selic, B. (eds) Model Driven Engineering Languages and Systems. MODELS 2009. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 5795. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-04425-0_38

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