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ECLIPSE MODELING PROJECT

A Domain-Specific Language

Toolkit

Richard C. Gronback

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Gronback, Richard C.

Eclipse modeling project : a domain-specific language (DSL) toolkit / Richard C.

Gronback.

p. cm.

ISBN 0-321-53407-7 (pbk. : alk. paper) 1. Computer software—Development.

2. Eclipse (Electronic resource) 3. Programming languages (Electronic computers)

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Dedicated to my father, Philip Richard Gronback, Sr.

November 2, 1948–December 8, 1997

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Contents

Foreword

xix

Preface

xxi

Acknowledgments

xxiii

About the Author

xxv

Part I ❍ Introduction

Chapter 1

Introduction

1.1 About Modeling

1.2 Domain-Specific Languages

1.2.1 Why Develop a DSL?

1.3 Model-Driven Software Development

1.4 Software Product Lines and Factories

1.5 The Eclipse Modeling Project

1.5.1 Abstract Syntax Development

1.5.2 Concrete Syntax Development

1.5.3 Model Transformation

1.5.4 Model Development Tools (MDT)

1.5.5 Generative Modeling Technologies

1.5.6 Amalgamation

1.5.7 Project Interaction

1.6 Summary

Chapter 2

Modeling Project as a DSL Toolkit

2.1 Installation

2.2 The Sample Projects

2.3 Summary

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