An efficient computation strategy for allInstances()

TY - JOUR

T1 - An efficient computation strategy for allInstances()

AU - Wei, Ran

AU - Kolovos, Dimitrios S.

PY - 2015

Y1 - 2015

N2 - Contemporary model query and transformation engines typically provide built-in facilities for retrieving all instances of a particular type/kind regardless of their location in a model (i.e. OCL's allInstances()). When implemented in a naive manner, such facilities can be computationally expensive for large models. We contribute a novel approach for implementing allInstances()-like facilities for EMF models, which makes use of static analysis and metamodel introspection and we report on the results of extensive benchmarking against alternative approaches.

AB - Contemporary model query and transformation engines typically provide built-in facilities for retrieving all instances of a particular type/kind regardless of their location in a model (i.e. OCL's allInstances()). When implemented in a naive manner, such facilities can be computationally expensive for large models. We contribute a novel approach for implementing allInstances()-like facilities for EMF models, which makes use of static analysis and metamodel introspection and we report on the results of extensive benchmarking against alternative approaches.

UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84938600227&partnerID=8YFLogxK

M3 - Article

AN - SCOPUS:84938600227

SN - 1613-0073

VL - 1406

SP - 32

EP - 41

JO - CEUR Workshop Proceedings 1403

JF - CEUR Workshop Proceedings 1403

ER -