Constraint-based run-time state migration for live modeling

Ulyana Tikhonova; Tijs van der Storm; Jouke Stoel; Thomas Degueule

doi:10.1145/3276604.3276611

Constraint-based run-time state migration for live modeling

Ulyana Tikhonova, Tijs van der Storm, Jouke Stoel, Thomas Degueule

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Abstract

Live modeling enables modelers to incrementally update models as they are running and get immediate feedback about the impact of their changes. Changes introduced in a model may trigger inconsistencies between the model and its run-time state (e.g., deleting the current state in a statemachine); effectively requiring to migrate the run-time state to comply with the updated model. In this paper, we introduce an approach that enables to automatically migrate such runtime state based on declarative constraints defined by the language designer. We illustrate the approach using Nextep, a meta-modeling language for defining invariants and migration constraints on run-time state models. When a model changes, Nextep employs model finding techniques, backed by a solver, to automatically infer a new run-time model that satisfies the declared constraints. We apply Nextep to define migration strategies for two DSLs, and report on its expressiveness and performance.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	SLE 2018 - Proceedings of the 11th ACM SIGPLAN International Conference on Soft ware Language Engineering, co-located with SPLASH 2018
Editors	David Pearce, Steimann Friedrich, Tanja Mayerhofer
Place of Publication	New York
Publisher	Association for Computing Machinery, Inc
Pages	108-120
Number of pages	13
ISBN (Electronic)	9781450360296
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1145/3276604.3276611
Publication status	Published - 24 Oct 2018
Event	11th ACM SIGPLAN International Conference on Software Language Engineering, SLE 2018, part of SPLASH 2018 - Boston, United States Duration: 5 Nov 2018 → 6 Nov 2018

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Conference	11th ACM SIGPLAN International Conference on Software Language Engineering, SLE 2018, part of SPLASH 2018
Country/Territory	United States
City	Boston
Period	5/11/18 → 6/11/18

Keywords

DSL
Live modeling
Relational model finding
Run-time state migration

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Tikhonova, U., van der Storm, T., Stoel, J., & Degueule, T. (2018). Constraint-based run-time state migration for live modeling. In D. Pearce, S. Friedrich, & T. Mayerhofer (Eds.), SLE 2018 - Proceedings of the 11th ACM SIGPLAN International Conference on Soft ware Language Engineering, co-located with SPLASH 2018 (pp. 108-120). Association for Computing Machinery, Inc. https://doi.org/10.1145/3276604.3276611

Tikhonova, Ulyana ; van der Storm, Tijs ; Stoel, Jouke ; Degueule, Thomas. / Constraint-based run-time state migration for live modeling. SLE 2018 - Proceedings of the 11th ACM SIGPLAN International Conference on Soft ware Language Engineering, co-located with SPLASH 2018. editor / David Pearce ; Steimann Friedrich ; Tanja Mayerhofer. New York : Association for Computing Machinery, Inc, 2018. pp. 108-120

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Tikhonova, U, van der Storm, T, Stoel, J & Degueule, T 2018, Constraint-based run-time state migration for live modeling. in D Pearce, S Friedrich & T Mayerhofer (eds), SLE 2018 - Proceedings of the 11th ACM SIGPLAN International Conference on Soft ware Language Engineering, co-located with SPLASH 2018. Association for Computing Machinery, Inc, New York, pp. 108-120, 11th ACM SIGPLAN International Conference on Software Language Engineering, SLE 2018, part of SPLASH 2018, Boston, United States, 5/11/18. https://doi.org/10.1145/3276604.3276611

Constraint-based run-time state migration for live modeling. / Tikhonova, Ulyana; van der Storm, Tijs; Stoel, Jouke; Degueule, Thomas.

SLE 2018 - Proceedings of the 11th ACM SIGPLAN International Conference on Soft ware Language Engineering, co-located with SPLASH 2018. ed. / David Pearce; Steimann Friedrich; Tanja Mayerhofer. New York : Association for Computing Machinery, Inc, 2018. p. 108-120.

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Tikhonova U, van der Storm T, Stoel J, Degueule T. Constraint-based run-time state migration for live modeling. In Pearce D, Friedrich S, Mayerhofer T, editors, SLE 2018 - Proceedings of the 11th ACM SIGPLAN International Conference on Soft ware Language Engineering, co-located with SPLASH 2018. New York: Association for Computing Machinery, Inc. 2018. p. 108-120 https://doi.org/10.1145/3276604.3276611

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