Towards the Generation of a Text-Based IDE from a Language Metamodel

A.G. Kleppe

doi:10.1007/978-3-540-72901-3_9

Towards the Generation of a Text-Based IDE from a Language Metamodel

A.G. Kleppe

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Abstract

In the model driven world languages are usually specified by a (meta) model of their abstract syntax. For textual languages this is different from the traditional approach, where the language is specified by a (E)BNF grammar. Support for the designer of textual languages, e.g. a parser generator, is therefore normally based on grammars. This paper shows that similar support for language design based on metamodels is not only possible, but is even more powerful than the support based on grammars. In this paper we describe how an integrated development environment for a language can be generated from the language’s abstract syntax metamodel, thus providing the language designer with the possibility to quickly, and with little effort, create not only a new language but also the tooling necessary for using this language.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Model Driven Architecture - Foundations and Applications
Subtitle of host publication	Third European Conference, ECMDA-FA 2007, Haifa, Israel, June 11-15, 2007, Proccedings
Editors	David H. Akehurst, Régis Vogel, Richard F. Paige
Place of Publication	London
Publisher	Springer
Pages	114-129
Number of pages	16
ISBN (Print)	978-3-540-72900-6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-72901-3_9
Publication status	Published - 2007
Event	3rd European Conference Model Driven Architecture - Foundations and Applications, ECMDA-FA 2007 - Haifa, Israel Duration: 11 Jun 2007 → 15 Jun 2007 Conference number: 3

Publication series

Name	Lecture Notes in Computer Science
Publisher	Springer Verlag
Number	5
Volume	4350
ISSN (Print)	1611-3349

Conference

Conference	3rd European Conference Model Driven Architecture - Foundations and Applications, ECMDA-FA 2007
Abbreviated title	ECMDA-FA
Country	Israel
City	Haifa
Period	11/06/07 → 15/06/07

Keywords

EWI-12014
IR-62194
METIS-247014

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10.1007/978-3-540-72901-3_9

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Kleppe, A. G. (2007). Towards the Generation of a Text-Based IDE from a Language Metamodel. In D. H. Akehurst, R. Vogel, & R. F. Paige (Eds.), Model Driven Architecture - Foundations and Applications: Third European Conference, ECMDA-FA 2007, Haifa, Israel, June 11-15, 2007, Proccedings (pp. 114-129). (Lecture Notes in Computer Science; Vol. 4350, No. 5). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-72901-3_9

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Kleppe, AG 2007, Towards the Generation of a Text-Based IDE from a Language Metamodel. in DH Akehurst, R Vogel & RF Paige (eds), Model Driven Architecture - Foundations and Applications: Third European Conference, ECMDA-FA 2007, Haifa, Israel, June 11-15, 2007, Proccedings. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, no. 5, vol. 4350, Springer, London, pp. 114-129, 3rd European Conference Model Driven Architecture - Foundations and Applications, ECMDA-FA 2007, Haifa, Israel, 11/06/07. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-72901-3_9

Towards the Generation of a Text-Based IDE from a Language Metamodel. / Kleppe, A.G.

Model Driven Architecture - Foundations and Applications: Third European Conference, ECMDA-FA 2007, Haifa, Israel, June 11-15, 2007, Proccedings. ed. / David H. Akehurst; Régis Vogel; Richard F. Paige. London : Springer, 2007. p. 114-129 (Lecture Notes in Computer Science; Vol. 4350, No. 5).

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Kleppe AG. Towards the Generation of a Text-Based IDE from a Language Metamodel. In Akehurst DH, Vogel R, Paige RF, editors, Model Driven Architecture - Foundations and Applications: Third European Conference, ECMDA-FA 2007, Haifa, Israel, June 11-15, 2007, Proccedings. London: Springer. 2007. p. 114-129. (Lecture Notes in Computer Science; 5). https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-72901-3_9