Reuseware is a software composition framework founded on the concepts of Invasive Software Composition (ISC) for developing new software modularization techniques and integrating them into software languages.
- Download Eclipse and install the following:
- Eclipse Plug-in Development Environment (PDE)
- Eclipse Modeling Framework (EMF)
- Graphical Modeling Framework (GMF)
- EMFText - emftext.org
- Download Reuseware 1.0.1 (final release) and extract all plugins into Eclipse's plugin folder.
https://github.com/DevBoost/Reuseware/tree/master/Applications
The user interface of Reuseware is integrated into the Eclipse platform and works together with modeling editors available in your Eclipse installation. Reuseware provides the following three major features: Fragment Stores, the Fragment Repository View and the Composition Program Editor.
Fragment stores are folders in you workspace that contain fragments. You can mark any folder in any kind of project as a fragment store, by selecting the folder, and pressing the Activate Fragment Store Button in the tool bar
Fragments that are registered in a store are available for reuse in composition programs. Each fragment has a Unique Fragment Identifier (UFI). This is defined by a base UFI and the position of the fragment in the store. You can define the base UFI when activating a store.
Fragment stores can also contain composition system definitions (*.rex files) that define how the composition interfaces of fragments are derived. How those are defined is not covered in this guide. Look at the Example Applications for ready made composition systems (rex files) you can use.
The fragment repository view lets you inspect which fragments are available in your system. Open the vie in Eclipse through Window > Show Views > Other... > Reuseware > Fragment Repository.
From the view you can:
- directly open a fragment by double-clicking it
- select fragments you want to reuse in a composition program by pressing th + button.
To create a new composition program select New > Others... > Reuseware > Composition Program. The composition program will open in a graphical editor. A composition program consists of the following concepts.
Note 1: you can open fragments directly from a composition program by double-click.
Note 2: yellow and red elements in a composition program indicate warnings and errors. Double-click such an element to get a more detailed message.
Create a reference to a fragment you like to reuse by selecting it in the Fragment Repository View and pressing the + button when the editor is opened. The fragment reference is displayed as a box with circles attached. The circles (called Ports) represent the fragment's composition interface.
At least one of the fragment references has to be set as target. This means that the composition will extend this fragment with others. In the properties of a target fragment, one can define the UFI of the result (targetUFI). A fragment can be set as target in the properties or by right-clicking and selecting Set as Target. Target fragments are displayed in gray
Use composition links to connect Ports (the circles at the fragment references) to describe compositions. Only ports of matching type can be linked. If the composition link turns red, the linking is not possible; if it turns black, everything is fine. Some links turn into arrows describing a direction of composition. This gain depends on the type of ports you are linking. The direction indicates that one fragment is extended with another. The details about his are out of scope of this guide. Stick to the following rules-of-thumb:
- A fragment that was marked as target (gray) should only have incoming links.
- If you define multiple composition links between two fragments, all directed links should point into the same direction.
Every composition links needs to participate (through an Participation) on a composition step. Only links that belong to a step are executed in the composition. Through steps, the composition can be fine tuned. For the start, group all links that define a composition between two fragments into one step.
Jendrik Johannes
Component-Based Model-Driven Software Development
PhD thesis, TU Dresden, 2008
[Original digital publication on www.qucosa.de (PDF)]
Jendrik Johannes and Uwe Aßmann
Concern-based (de)composition of Model-Driven Software Development Processes
In Proc. of ACM/IEEE 13th International Conference on Model Driven Engineering Languages and Systems (MoDELS’10), volume 6395 of LNCS. Springer, 2010
[Authors' version (PDF)]
[Original publication at SpringerLink]
Jendrik Johannes and Miguel A. Fernández
Adding Abstraction and Reuse to a Network Modelling Tool using the Reuseware Composition Framework
In Proc. of 6th European Conference on Modelling Foundations and Applications (ECMFA’10), volume 6138 of LNCS. Springer, 2010
[Authors' version (PDF)]
[Original publication at SpringerLink]
Matthias Schmidt, Jan Polowinski, Jendrik Johannes, and Miguel A. Fernández
An Integrated Facet-based Library for Arbitrary Software Components
In Proc. of 6th European Conference on Modelling Foundations and Applications (ECMFA’10), volume 6138 of LNCS. Springer, 2010
[Authors' version (PDF)]
[Original publication at SpringerLink]
Florian Heidenreich, Jakob Henriksson, Jendrik Johannes, and Steffen Zschaler
On Language-Independent Model Modularisation
In Transactions on Aspect-Oriented Software Development VI, volume 5560 of LNCS. Springer, 2009
[Authors' version (PDF)]
[Original publication at SpringerLink]
Jendrik Johannes, Steffen Zschaler, Miguel A. Fernández, Antonio Castillo, Dimitrios S. Kolovos, and Richard F. Paige
Abstracting Complex Languages through Transformation and Composition
In Proc. of ACM/IEEE 12th International Conference on Model Driven Engineering Languages and Systems (MoDELS’09), volume 5795 of LNCS. Springer, 2009
[Authors' version (PDF)]
[Original publication at SpringerLink]
Jendrik Johannes, Roland Samlaus, and Mirko Seifert
Round-trip Support for Invasive Software Composition Systems
In Proc. of 8th International Conference on Software Composition (SC’09), volume 5634 of LNCS. Springer, 2009
[Authors' version (PDF)]
[Original publication at SpringerLink]
Jendrik Johannes
Developing a Model Composition Framework with Fujaba – An Experience Report
In Proc. of 7th International Fujaba Days, 2009
[Authors' version (PDF)]
[Workshop proceedings (technical report from TU Eindhoven - PDF)]
Jendrik Johannes and Karsten Gaul
Towards a Generic Layout Composition Framework for Domain Specific Models
In Proc. of 9th Workshop on Domain-Specific Modeling (DSM’09) at OOPSLA, 2009
[Authors' version (PDF)]
[Workshop proceedings (on www.dsmforum.org)]
Jendrik Johannes
Controlling Model-Driven Software Development through Composition Systems
In Proc. of 7th Nordic Workshop on Model Driven Software Engineering (NW-MODE’09), 2009
[Authors' version (PDF)]
Jakob Henriksson, Florian Heidenreich, Jendrik Johannes, Steffen Zschaler, and Uwe Aßmann
Extending Grammars and Metamodels for Reuse – The Reuseware Approach
In Special Issue on Language Engineering, volume 2(3) of IET Software, IET, 2008
[Authors' version (PDF)]
[Original publication at IEEE Xplore Digital Library]
Jakob Henriksson
A Lightweight Framework for Universal Fragment Composition - with an application in the Semantic Web
PhD thesis, TU Dresden, 2008
[Original digital publication on www.qucosa.de (PDF)]
Florian Heidenreich, Jendrik Johannes, Steffen Zschaler, and Uwe Aßmann
A Close Look at Composition Languages
In Proc. of 2nd Workshop on Assessment of Contemporary Modularization Techniques (ACoM’08) at OOPSLA, 2008.
[Authors' version (PDF)]
Jendrik Johannes
Letting EMF Tools Talk to Fujaba through Adapters
In Proc. of 6th International Fujaba Days, 2008
[Authors' version (PDF)]
Jakob Henriksson, Jendrik Johannes, Stffen Zschaler, and Uwe Aßmann
Reuseware - Adding Modularity to Your Language of Choice
In Proc. of TOOLS EUROPE 2007: Object, Models, Components and Patterns, volume vol. 6, no. 9 of Journal of Object Technology. ETH Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, 2007
[Authors' version (PDF)]
[Original publication in the Journal of Object Technology]
Florian Heidenreich, Jendrik Johannes, and Steffen Zschaler
Aspect-Orientation for Your Language of Choice
In Proc. of 11th International Workshop on Aspect-Oriented Modeling (AOM@MoDELS’07), 2007
[Authors' version (PDF)]
Jendrik Johannes
Source Code Composition with the Reuseware Composition Framework
In Proc. of 7th IEEE International Working Conference on Source Code Analysis and Manipulation (SCAM’07), 2007
[Authors' version (PDF)]
Jakob Henriksson, Florian Heidenreich, Jendrik Johannes, Steffen Zschaler, and Uwe Aßmann
How dark should a component black-box be? The Reuseware Answer
In Proc. of 12th International Workshop on Component-Oriented Programming (WCOP’07), 2007
[Authors' version (PDF)]
Michael Pradel, Jakob Henriksson, Uwe Aßmann
A Good Role Model for Ontologies: Collaborations
International Workshop on Semantic-Based Software Development (SBSD '07) at OOPSLA, 2007
[Authors' version (PDF)]
Jendrik Johannes and Tobias Haupt
Harmless Metamodel Extensions with Triple Graph Grammars
In Proc. of 5th International Fujaba Days, 2007
[Authors' version (PDF)]
[Workshop proceedings (University of Kassel - PDF)]