A UML profile for framework modeling

• Published in: Journal of Zhejiang University. Science Vol. 5; no. 1; pp. 92 - 98
• Main Author: 徐小良 汪乐宇 周泓
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: China 2004
• Subjects: Algorithms; Computer Simulation; Database Management Systems; Databases, Factual; Information Storage and Retrieval - methods; Models, Theoretical; Programming Languages; Software; Software Design; Software Validation; UML; 统一建模语言; 软件开发; 面向对象技术
• ISSN: 1009-3095
• DOI: 10.1631/jzus.2004.0092

The current standard Unified Modeling Language(UML) could not model framework flexibility and extendibility adequately due to lack of appropriate constructs to distinguish framework hot-spots from kernel elements. A new UML profile that may customize UML for framework modeling was presented using the extension mechanisms of UML, providing a group of UML extensions to meet the needs of framework modeling. In this profile, the extended class diagrams and sequence diagrams were defined to straightforwardly identify the hot-spots and describe their instantiation restrictions. A transformation model based on design patterns was also put forward, such that the profile based framework design diagrams could be automatically mapped to the corresponding implementation diagrams. It was proved that the presented profile makes framework modeling more straightforwardly and therefore easier to understand and instantiate.