SPLGraph: Towards a Formalism for Software Product Lines
| Title | SPLGraph: Towards a Formalism for Software Product Lines |
| Publication Type | Conference Paper |
| Year of Publication | 2010 |
| Authors | Maman, I., and G. Botterweck |
| Conference Name | 1st International Workshop on Product Line Approaches in Software Engineering (PLEASE 2010) collocated with the 32nd International Conference on Software Engineering (ICSE 2010) |
| Date Published | May |
| Conference Location | Cape Town, South Africa |
| Keywords | graphs, product line engineering, variability modeling |
| Abstract | This paper presents SPLGraph a graph-based model for Software Product Lines, including (1) a formal definition; (2) an algorithm that applies configuration decisions to an SPLGraph thus yielding a product specific graph; (3) a set of patterns for typical SPLGraph structures, such as Boolean operators, reuse of expressions, named configurations, optional and alternative features and staged configuration; and (4) an algorithm that infers product configuration per a variability point. SPLGraph is generic, simple, and self sustaining in the sense that an SPLGraph instance can apply variability to itself. These properties make SPLGraph a basis for a solid and complete formalism for Software Product Lines. |
| DOI | http://doi.acm.org/10.1145/1808937.1808943 |
