Rule-Based Simplification of OCL Constraints
Paper in proceeding, 2004

To help designers in writing OCL constraints, we have to construct systems that can generate some of these constraints. This might be done by instantiating templates, by combining prefabricated parts, or by more general computation. Such generated specifications will often contain redundancies that reduce their readability. In this paper, we explore the possibilities of simplifying OCL formulae through the repeated application of simple rules. We discuss the different kinds of rules that are needed, and we describe a prototypical implementation of the approach.

Formal Methods

OCL

UML

Software Engineering

Author

Martin Giese

Chalmers, Department of Computing Science, Formal Methods

Reiner Hähnle

Chalmers, Department of Computing Science, Formal Methods

Daniel Larsson

Chalmers, Department of Computing Science, Formal Methods

OCL and Model Driven Engineering, UML 2004 workshop, Lisbon

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Subject Categories

Computer and Information Science

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10/6/2017