Automated transformations from UML behavior models to contracts

In model driven architecture （MDA）, system requirements are first captured by UML （unified mod- eling language） use cases with sequence diagrams to describe their intended use and implemented by classes of objected-oriented languages in the subsequent design stages. It is important that the dynamic behavior specified by the sequence diagrams is in full compliance with the implementation classes. This paper proposes an auto- matic approach and tool support for generating class contracts, which define a precondition and a postcondition for each operation of the class. The former serves as a guard to ensure invocations of the operations respect the semantics introduced by the sequence diagrams, and the latter places the system in a legal state to facilitate the succeeding operation calls. The contracts can be easily mapped to code of an object-oriented language such as Java. Thus, the approach helps to bridge the gap between the requirements and design stages of system development process. We use our model transformation tool to first generate a UML protocol state machine from the sequence diagrams, and then derive the contracts for a controller class. The transformations take into account the concurrency and critical constructs of the respective UML diagrams.     

Synthesizing Distributed Protocol Specifications from a UML State Machine Modeled Service Specification

The object-oriented paradigm is widely applied in designing and implementing communication systems.Unified Modeling Language(UML) is a standard language used to model the design of object-oriented systems.A protocol state machine is a UML adopted diagram that is widely used in designing communication protocols.It has two key attractive advantages over traditional finite state machines:modeling concurrency and modeling nested hierarchical states.In a distributed communication system,each entity of the system has its own protocol that defines when and how the entity exchanges messages with other communicating entities in the system.The order of the exchanged messages must conform to the overall service specifications of the system.In object-oriented systems,both the service and the protocol specifications are modeled in UML protocol state machines.Protocol specification synthesis methods have to be applied to automatically derive the protocol specification from the service specification.Otherwise,a time-consuming process of design,analysis,and error detection and correction has to be applied iteratively until the design of the protocol becomes error-free and consistent with the service specification.Several synthesis methods are proposed in the literature for models other than UML protocol state machines,and therefore,because of the unique features of the protocol state machines,these methods are inapplicable to services modeled in UML protocol state machines.In this paper,we propose a synthesis method that automatically synthesizes the protocol specification of distributed protocol entities from the service specification,given that both types of specifications are modeled in UML protocol state machines.Our method is based on the latest UML version(UML2.3),and it is proven to synthesize protocol specifications that are syntactically and semantically correct.As an example application,the synthesis method is used to derive the protocol specification of the H.323 standard used in Internet calls.     

Software Engineering in the Application of Virtual Instrument-Based Dynamics Testing System for UAV

Complex dynamics testing system for UAV can be constructed based on the virtual instrument and the software is the core LabVIEW is a graphical-based programming language with a convenient user interaction and shorter development cycle than the text-based programming language. This paper uses LabVIEW as the software development platform of the dynamics testing system for UAV. The idea of software engineering is used in the design of the testing system for UAV, and then is used to improve the reliability, stability and scalability of the testing system. The experimental results show that this system is practical, convenient to operate, able to meet the needs of the engineering and teaching for UAV research and development.     

Editorial of the Special Issue on Software Modelling and Meta-Modelling

Software modelling is to represent software systems at a high level of abstraction in the form of models, which are often in graphic or formal notations and sometimes a combination of them. In a model, the implementation details are omitted or hidden in order to facilitate both human comprehension and communication and automated reasoning about the system. A large number of modelling languages and/or notations have been proposed in the past decades as a core part of software development methodologies, such as data ow diagrams in the structured analysis and design, UML in object-oriented development, and Petri-net, nite state machine, and statechart etc. in formal methods. With the rapid development of model-driven software development methodology, modelling plays an increasingly important role in software development. Meta-modelling, which models software models, has emerged as one of the key techniques that formalise the de nitions of modelling languages and the speci cation of various processes and transformations of models. It has been an active research topic in the past a few years. This journal special issue aims at reflecting the current frontier in the research on the scienti c and technological principles of software modelling and meta-modelling, and further promoting the research and practices. An open call for papers and some personal invitations were made in the consolidation of submissions to this special issue. A total of 11 submissions were received. The papers included in this special issue are selected based on the reviews by experts in the subject area according to the journal''s procedure and quality standard. Each paper is reviewed by at least two reviewers and some of the papers were revised for two rounds according to the reviewers'' comments. ....     

构造类型论与计算机程序设计

Recent years,in the area of computer programming language theories,automated deduction,and more generalized area of logic and computing,a lot of systems based on constructive type theory are used widely to design type system for computer programming languages,to do formal system develpment and verification,and to be used as foundation of mathematics and computing.constructive type theory provides computer scientists with a framework to combine logic and computer program design in an elegant and flexible way.In this paper,the evolvement of constructive type theory is first introduced.The several foundations of type theory are then discussed,together with analysis of the relationships between them.The relation between constructive type theory and computer programming is explored in-depth.In the last,Martin Lof‘‘‘‘s intuitionistic type theory is used as an example to demonstrate how to do program development and verification in the same formal system.     

Structured Development Environment Based on the Object-Oriented Concepts

The object-oriented software development is a kind of promising software methodology and leading to a wholly new way for solving problems.In the research on the rapid construction of Structured Development Environment(SDE)that supports detailed design and coding in software development,a generator that can generate the SE has been applied as a metatool.The kernel of SDE is a syntax-directed editor based on the object-oriented concepts.The key issue in the design of SDE is how to represent the elements of target language with the class concept and a program internally.In this paper,the key concepts and design of the SDE and its generator as well as the implementation of a prototype are to be discussed.     

Process-Driven Software Development Methodology for Enterprise Information System

In today＇s process-centered business organization, it is imperative that enterprise information system must be converted from task-centered to process-centered system. However, traditional software development methodology is function-oriented, in which each function manages its own data and it results in redundancy because data that belongs to one object are stored by several functions. Proposed in this paper is a process-driven software development methodology, in which business process is a major concern and workflow functionalities are identified and specified throughout the entire development life cycle. In the proposed methodology, the development process, modeling tools and deliverables are clarified explicitly. Proposed methodology can be a guideline to practitioners involved in enterprise software development, of which workflow is an essential part.     

CCD:An Integrated C Coding and Debugging Tool

CCD is an integrated software tool which is intended to support the coding and debugging for C language It integrates a hybrid editor,an incremental semantic analyzer,a multi-entry parser,an incremental unparser and a source-level debugger into a single tool.The integration is realized by sharing common knowledge among all the components of the system and by task-oriented conbination of the components,Nonlocal attribute grammar is adopted for specifying the common knowledge about the syntax and semantics of C language.The incremental attribute evaluation is used to implement the semantic analyzer and the unparser to increase system efficiency.CCD keeps the preprocessors and comments most regular to make it practical.     

一种基于面向侧面技术的并发式软件建模方法

基于面向侧面（Aspect-Oriented）技术及统一建模语言状态图提出了并发式软件系统开发过程中横切特性的建模方法。本方法将并发软件系统的业务逻辑和横切行为分别封装到复合状态的不同正交区域中，并通过事件广播机制反映二者的交互关系。同时，以模块化的状态迁移系统 （Modular Transition System）作为基本计算模型，对该建模方法进行形式化描述，给出了模型元素及建模过程的精确语义。实例研究表明，该方法在并发软件设计阶段实现了横切关注点的分离策略，并使得系统模型具有松耦合、适应性和可跟踪性的优点。     

Specifying behavioral semantics of UML diagrams through graph transformations

The Unified Modeling Language (UML) has been widely accepted as a standard for modeling software systems from various perspectives. The intuitive notations of UML diagrams greatly improve the communication among developers. However, the lack of a formal semantics makes it difficult to automate analysis and verification. This paper offers a graphical yet formal approach to specifying the behavioral semantics of statechart diagrams using graph transformation techniques. It supports many advanced features of statecharts, such as composite states, firing priority, history, junction, and choice. In our approach, a graph grammar is derived automatically from a state machine to summarize the hierarchy of states. Based on the graph grammar, the execution of a set of non-conflict state transitions is interpreted by a sequence of graph transformations. This facilitates verifying a design model against system requirements. To demonstrate our approach, we present a case study on a toll-gate system.     

基于UML的Web商务平台的开发方法

统一建模语言UML是一种面向对象的软件开发方法,它融合了软件工程领域的新思想、新方法和新技术。本文用UML设计了一个Web商务平台,并用支持UML的建模工具--RationalRose Enterprise Edition实现了该Web商务平台。本文给出了Web商务平台的需求分析-用例图,Web商务平台的详细设计--序列图、活动图和类图,以及Web商务平台的实现--
组件图和布局图。UML作为标准建模语言,支持从系统需求分析开始的软件开发全过程,它使系统各开发团队能够较容易地沟通,从而增强了整个系统开发过程的可控性,加快了
系统的开发速度,提高了软件质量。     

基于UML的精品课程远程教育网站模型设计

UML是面向对象的统一建模语言,所设计的软件模型具有可重用性的特点。使用UML新方法开发精品课程网站,用UML用例图做需求分析,用UML类图和顺序图进行系统静态和动态设计,最终用PHP程序语言和MYSQL数据库来实现网站软件。经UML建模后的精品课程远程教育网站模型可以多次应用,从而提高网站软件的开发效率。     

UML Statechart图的操作语义

面向对象标准建模语言UML(unified modeling language)缺乏精确的动态语义.根据UML1.1语义文档,提出描述对象状态机的UML Statechart图的形式化操作语义.该语义覆盖了UML Statechart图的绝大部分特征,为UML Statechart图的代码产生、模拟和测试用例生成奠定了基础.根据上述语义,基于Rose98完成了UML Statechart图的测试用例生成和测试过程的模拟.     

由序列图合成状态图

序列图和状态图对于描述和理解面向对象软件系统有着极其重要的作用。符合UML标准的序列图和状态图存在信息重叠，根据序列图提供的信息可以合成状态图。给出了在Rational Rose中由序列图合成状态图工具的实现。     

UML顺序图与状态图的一致性检查

用户可使用UML从不同角度对系统进行建模,但不同视图间存在信息冗余,可能导致视图不一致问题。该文针对具有多种逻辑语义的顺序图提出分析方法,为复杂层次结构的状态图引入有限状态自动机,利用自动机分解算法得到自动机树。制定新的顺序图和状态图一致性检查准则和Promela代码结构,用模型检验工具SPIN进行顺序图及其相关状态图的一致性检验。     

带时间约束的UML序列图的分析工具

统一建模语言(UML)是一种多用途的可视化建模语言,它可用于软件系统的规约、可视化的构造和建档.UML序列图描述了交互对象间的协作,如在实时和分布式系统中通讯实体间的信息交互.与其它的规约和设计过程类似,UML序列图的规约也易出错,所以对它进行分析是很有必要的.文章描述了一个对带时间约束的UML序列图进行分析的工具.     

基于UML的CPN模型在软件测试中的应用

UML在被工业界广泛接受的同时也成为学术界遵循的一种标准建模语言。许多面向对象软件测试的研究都围绕UML模型开展。但UML模型属于半形式化模型,往往无法自动生成测试用例。将UML模型与Petri网相结合,能够弥补其数学支持的不足。文章给出了基于UML的CPN模型的测试框架和一个从UML模型构造CPN模型的算法,并根据该方法给出了自动化支持工具U2CPN的类图结构。     

PDM system implementation based on UML

The paper deals with a Unified Modeling Language (UML)-based approach for implementing Product Data Management (PDM) system. Such kind of system enables the management of the entire product lifecycle and related information about its design, its manufacturing and its in-service.

The interest of using an UML-based approach for modeling, specifying and implementing PDM systems is detailed. Then an implementation method is proposed in order to clarify the instantiation of UML diagrams into database entities. Regarding a business case study based on the needs of a turboprop aircraft development project, the preliminary implementation of PDM system is presented. The used UML diagrams for the modeling and integration of product, process, and resource data is detailed in order to argue the interest of an object-oriented approach in such kind of PDM implementation.