PIM4SOA(UML) to PIM4SOA(EMF)
Description
The UML profile for PIM4SOA allows user to develop solutions in an easy way using a plug-in for Rational Software Modeller. This plug-in allows users to model the identified four aspects of PIM4SOA in UML. However modelling PIM4SOA solutions means these models could get out of synchronisation with the PIM4SOA metamodel. To resolve this issue a transformation to the metamodel is defined using MTF (Model Transformation Framework). This framework is based on a transformation rules specification.
Datasheet
| Name of result | PIM4SOA(UML) <--> PIM4SOA(EMF) |
| Contact | Xabier Larrucea |
| Contributors | ESI |
| Relationships to other projects | |
| Result type | Model transformation |
| Software deployment | Not applicable |
| Publicly available | No |
| Status | Prototype |
| ACP url (if applicable) | http://athena.troux.com/Team/Repository/Projects/Project_209/Upload/Attachments/WPs/WPA6.5/ESIPlugins/ |
| Summary of functionality | This feature gathers two transformations between a UML model annotated with the PIM4SOA profile and the PIM4SOA model. The first one transforms from UML model into PIM4SOA model and the second one is used for the reverse transformation. |
| Benefits and contributions to interoperability | This feature makes possible to define SOA solutions at platform independent model level transforming UML models into PIM4SOA models. The reverse transformation enables the graphically representation (UML like) of PIM4SOA models. Thus the benefits and contribution to interoperability are based on the usage of the PIM4SOA. |
| Validation and demonstration activitities | Transforming AIDIMA UML model to PIM4SOA. |
| Standardisation links | This feature is based on the ongoing model transformation standard proposal:
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| Requirements and dependencies | This feature requires:
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| Comments | The current uploaded transformation is only valid for UML to PIM4SOA. |
Installation guide
The UML2PIM4SOA plugin has been implemented as a plugin for its use in the Rational Software Modeler (RSM) platform that is based on the Eclipse framework.
Requirements:
- Rational Software Modeler (http://www.ibm.com)
- PIM4SOA plugin installed. This plugin can be downloaded from
- This plugin can be downloaded from the ACP at:
- Unzip this file and add the contents to the IBM\Rational\SDP\6.0\csdev\eclipse\plugins folder.
- Having installed this plugin, users transforms UML models annotated with the PIM4SOA UML profile to PIM4SOA models.
User guide
This plugin customises the RSM to define UML models with the appropriate notations. The following steps steer users to create a UML models with the PIM4SOA UML profile:
- Having created a UML model in the RSM workspace FileNew UML model using the UML profile
- Using the navigator view we press right button click over the UML model and the generate PIMSOA model from UML model.
