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UML-F: A Modeling Language for Object-Oriented Frameworks

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Marcus Fontoura,

Bernhard RumpeAuthors Info & Claims

ECOOP '00: Proceedings of the 14th European Conference on Object-Oriented Programming

Pages 63 - 82

Published: 12 June 2000 Publication History

Abstract

The paper presents the essential features of a new member of the UML language family that supports working with object-oriented frameworks. This UML extension, called UML-F, allows the explicit representation of framework variation points. The paper discusses some of the relevant aspects of UML-F, which is based on standard UML extension mechanisms. A case study shows how it can be used to assist framework development. A discussion of additional tools for automating framework implementation and instantiation rounds out the paper.

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