Feature and Class Models in Clafer: Mixed, Specialized, and Coupled

TitleFeature and Class Models in Clafer: Mixed, Specialized, and Coupled
Publication TypeReport
Year of Publication2010
AuthorsBąk, K., K. Czarnecki, and A. Wąsowski
Series TitleDavid R. Cheriton School of Computer Science
Date Published06/2010
InstitutionUniversity of Waterloo
CityWaterloo
Report NumberCS-2010-10
Abstract

We present Clafer, a class modeling language with first-class support for feature modeling.We designed Clafer as a concise notation for class models, feature models, mixtures of class and feature models (such as components with options), and models that couple feature models and class models via constraints (such as mapping feature configurations to component configurations). Clafer also allows arranging models into multiple specialization and extension layers via constraints and inheritance. We identified four key mechanisms allowing a class modeling language to express feature models concisely and show that Clafer meets its design objectives using a sample product line.

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This publication is superseded by our SLE'10 paper

URLhttp://www.cs.uwaterloo.ca/research/tr/2010/CS-2010-10.pdf