Model-driven Software Refactoring

In this chapter, we explore the emerging research domain of modeldriven software refactoring. Program refactoring is a proven technique that aims at improving the quality of source code. Applying refactoring in a model-driven software engineering context raises many new challenges such as how to define, detect and improve model quality, how to preserve model behavior, and so on. Based on a concrete case study with a state-of-the-art model-driven software development tool, AndroMDA, we will explore some of these challenges in more detail. We propose to resolve some of the encountered problems by relying on well-understood techniques of meta-modeling, model transformation and graph transformation.

• Type: Conference
• Year: 2007
• Where: ECOOP
• Authors: Tom Mens, Gabriele Taentzer
• Keywords: ECOOP 2007, Model-driven Software, Model-Driven Software Engineering, Modeldriven Software Refactoring, Programming Languages