Model-Driven Generation: From Models to MVC2 Web Applications

Transformation is one of the prominent features and the rising research area of MDA (Model Driven Architecture) since last few years. MDA is a new paradigm of software engineering that considers models as first-class entities. Indeed, techniques of model transformations may be implemented to automatically generate elements of the system from models. In this paper, we have conducted a new technique of model transformation to generate the code of web application. This technique is based on the combination of diagrams. In this latter, we focus on the combination of the UML class diagram and the UML sequence diagram. This technique of transformation is defined by an algorithm. In this algorithm, we consider only the operations belonging to the two diagrams already combined. Practically, we transform only the operations that have a sequence diagram and belong to the class diagram. This algorithm is appeared in transformation rules. These rules are written in ATL transformation language. The objective of these rules is to generate an MVC2 web model. The generated model is used as an input file of JET template in order to generate anapplication web code. Also; it presents a case study to illustrate this proposal.