Improving Domain-Specific Language Reuse with Software Product Line Techniques

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July/August 2009 (vol. 26 no. 4)

pp. 47-53

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	Jules White, James H. Hill, Jeff Gray, Sumant Tambe, Aniruddha S. Gokhale, Douglas C. Schmidt, "Improving Domain-Specific Language Reuse with Software Product Line Techniques," IEEE Software, vol. 26, no. 4, pp. 47-53, July/August, 2009.

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	@article{ 10.1109/MS.2009.95, author = {Jules White and James H. Hill and Jeff Gray and Sumant Tambe and Aniruddha S. Gokhale and Douglas C. Schmidt}, title = {Improving Domain-Specific Language Reuse with Software Product Line Techniques}, journal ={IEEE Software}, volume = {26}, number = {4}, issn = {0740-7459}, year = {2009}, pages = {47-53}, doi = {http://doi.ieeecomputersociety.org/10.1109/MS.2009.95}, publisher = {IEEE Computer Society}, address = {Los Alamitos, CA, USA}, }

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	TY - MGZN JO - IEEE Software TI - Improving Domain-Specific Language Reuse with Software Product Line Techniques IS - 4 SN - 0740-7459 SP47 EP53 EPD - 47-53 A1 - Jules White, A1 - James H. Hill, A1 - Jeff Gray, A1 - Sumant Tambe, A1 - Aniruddha S. Gokhale, A1 - Douglas C. Schmidt, PY - 2009 KW - feature models KW - domain-specific languages KW - reuse KW - software product lines KW - domain analysis KW - domain hierarchy KW - software engineering VL - 26 JA - IEEE Software ER -

Jules White, Vanderbilt University

James H. Hill, Vanderbilt University

Jeff Gray, University of Alabama at Birmingham

Sumant Tambe, Vanderbilt University

Aniruddha S. Gokhale, Vanderbilt University

Douglas C. Schmidt, Vanderbilt University

DOI Bookmark: http://doi.ieeecomputersociety.org/10.1109/MS.2009.95

Developing a domain-specific language (DSL) or a composition of DSLs to model a system concern, such as deploying and configuring software components to meet real-time scheduling constraints, is time consuming. Ideally, developers should be able to reuse DSLs and DSL compositions across projects to amortize development effort. Reusing DSLs is hard, however, because they're often designed to precisely describe a single domain or concern. A new approach uses techniques from software product lines (SPLs) to improve the reusability of a DSL, DSL composition, or supporting tool by providing traceability of language concepts to DSL design. A case study of four DSLs demonstrates the need for—and benefits of—applying SPL reuse techniques to DSLs.

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Index Terms:

feature models, domain-specific languages, reuse, software product lines, domain analysis, domain hierarchy, software engineering

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Jules White, James H. Hill, Jeff Gray, Sumant Tambe, Aniruddha S. Gokhale, Douglas C. Schmidt, "Improving Domain-Specific Language Reuse with Software Product Line Techniques," IEEE Software, vol. 26, no. 4, pp. 47-53, July/Aug. 2009, doi:10.1109/MS.2009.95

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