SLE 2024 SI paper:
Supporting meta-model-based language evolution and rapid prototyping with automated grammar transformation

Weixing Zhang, Jörg Holtmann, Daniel Strüber, Regina Hebig, Jan-Philipp Steghöfer

DOI: 10.1016/j.jss.2024.112069
T2B: Evolution
- The paper is about co-evolving a DSL’s grammar as the underlying meta-model changes, reducing manual maintenance during language evolution.
T3C: DSLs
- It targets the engineering of textual domain-specific languages defined by a meta-model plus a concrete-syntax grammar.
T3B: Transformation Languages
- The core contribution is a catalog of (configurable, re-applicable) grammar transformation rules that systematically rewrite generated grammars.
T4A: Workbenches
- The approach is positioned as tool support in/around a language workbench context (e.g., Xtext) to automate grammar co-evolution work.

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