Using meta-modeling in design and implementation of component-based systems: the SOFA case study
To allow efficient and user-friendly development of a component-based application, component systems have to provide a rather complex development infrastructure, including a tool for component composition, component repository, and a run-time infrastructure. In this paper, we present and evaluate benefits of using meta-modeling during the process of defining a component system and also during creation of the development and run-time infrastructures. Most of the presented arguments are based on a broad practical experience with designing the component systems SOFA and SOFA 2; the former designed in a classical ad hoc manual way, whereas the latter with the help of meta-modeling. Copyright  2010 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
meta-models software architectures software components model-driven development model transformation