Program transformations and their semi-automatic composition [Elektronische Ressource] : a pragmatic approach to invasive middleware application engineering / Andreas Ingmar Schmied

Faculty of Engineering and Computer ScienceInsitute of Distributed SystemsFakultät für Ingenieurwissenschaften und InformatikInstitut für Verteilte SystemeProgram Transformations and theirSemi-Automatic CompositionA Pragmatic Approach to InvasiveMiddleware Application EngineeringDissertation zur Erlangung des Doktorgrades Dr.rer.nat.der Fakultät für Ingenieurwissenschaften und Informatikder Universität UlmAndreas Ingmar Schmied aus München2009Amtierender Dekan: Prof. Dr.-Ing. Michael WeberGutachter: Prof. Franz J. Hauck Prof. Dr. Helmuth A. PartschTag der Promotion: 26. Oktober 2009To my grandparentsOtto and Melitta Hollenzwho passed away too early to meetmy wife and their first great grandsonand witness the finish of this thesis.AbstractProgram generation has a long tradition in the development of distributed, middle-ware-based applications. During the last decade, aspect-oriented programming andmodel-driven architectures have been established as engineering techniques thatfurther improve the development process. Altogether, generation, the separationof concerns, and domain-specific abstract modelling have added flexibility tomiddleware application engineering. Yet, the requirements of ambitious, invasiveconcerns cannot be fulfilled.This thesis presents the LLTS transformation system and a pragmatic approachfor the semi-automatic composition of imperative transformations.